options: Represent and interpret data.

Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.

Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.

Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.

Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.

Describe and compare measurable attributes.

Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.

Tell and write time.

Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.

Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.

Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.

Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.

Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.

Work with time and money.

Relate addition and subtraction to length.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to order three objects by length. Students line up objects from shortest to longest and longest to shortest. Students need to attend to the language in the question to know which way to order the objects. The language and reasoning students use in this activity helps prepare them to compare the length of objects indirectly in future lessons.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials from a previous activity
Required Preparation
Each group of 4 needs the collection of objects from the previous activity.
Launch
Groups of 4
Give each group 10–12 objects.
Activity
Read the task statement.
5 minutes: small-group work
Monitor for students who line up the endpoints of the objects.
Student Facing
Pick 3 objects.
With your partner, put the objects in order from
shortest
to longest.
Trace or draw your objects.
Pick 3 new objects.
With your partner, put them in order from
longest to shortest
.
Write the names of the objects in order from longest to shortest.
Student Response
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Advancing Student Thinking
If students appear to order their objects correctly without lining them up, consider asking:
“How did you order your objects from ___ (shortest to longest or longest to shortest)?”
“How could you prove to someone that your objects are ordered correctly?”
Activity Synthesis
Invite previously identified students to demonstrate how they ordered three objects from shortest to longest.
Display the three objects with the endpoints lined up so all students can see.
“What statements can you make to compare the length of their objects?” (The ___ is longer than the ___ and ___.)
As time permits, repeat by inviting a previously identified students to demonstrate how they ordered three objects from longest to shortest.


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