Sizing Up for Winter

Title: Sizing Up Winter

Author: Lizann Flatt

Mathematical Concepts and Language:

• Compare and Order Using Measurement Terms

Questioning:

Before:

• What does sizing up mean?
• How can you find the size of something?

During:

• Many pages have questions that you can use to invite students thinking. This book could be read in sections (2-3 pages each day).

After:

• Winter Walk: How can we use ideas from this book to help us measure?
• Have you measured anything at home with your family?
• Why do we need to measure things?
• How does measuring help us?

Extensions/Provocations (Small Group, Learning Centres, Whole Group, Transitions):

• Outdoors: Measuring using nonstandard materials (e.g., mittens, footsteps, sticks, pinecones)
• Balance Board: using a long board create a balance scale outdoors for measurement and comparison
• Footprints: Looking for footprints outdoors (noticing patterns in prints, size, shape)
• Water Table: Bring snow inside - measuring before and after it melts