Math Games

Grade 1 - Geometry & Measurement

Standard 1.GM.4.1 - Practice finding the appropriate length of various objects. Understand the approximate scale of different metric units.

Included Skills:

Direct measurement with non-standard units (nonuniform and uniform)
• Non-uniform units are not consistent in size (e.g., children’s hands, pencils); uniform units are consistent in size (e.g., interlocking cubes, standard paper clips).
• understanding the importance of using a baseline for direct comparison in linear measurement
• using multiple copies of a unit
• iterating a single unit for measuring (e.g., to measure the length of a string with only one cube, a student iterates the cube over and over, keeping track of how many cubes long the string is)
• tiling an area
• rope knots at intervals
• using body parts to measure
• book: An Anishnaabe Look at Measurement, by Rhonda Hopkins and Robin King-Stonefish (strongnations.com/store/item_display.php?i=3494&f=)
• hand/foot tracing for mitten/moccasin making