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: Measurement
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