Standard Course of Study :: Mathematics — Kindergarten

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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 2

Measurement - The learner will explore concepts of measurement.

Objective 2.01

Compare attributes of two objects using appropriate vocabulary (color, weight, height, width, length, texture).

Resources aligned to this objective

Exploring pumpkins
This lesson will allow students to use a variety of methods to explore pumpkins.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
By Angelia Braswell.
From dirt to dinner
This lesson serves as an introductory study of the plant world. The lesson allows students to study seeds, parts of plants, microclimates, and how to grow seeds into vegetable plants for harvest. Parents are encouraged to assist at home.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
By Glenn Bass.
Measure mania
Kindergarten students will measure using non-standard units. After several practices, students will compare measurements.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
By Hollie Humphreys.
Plant Power
Students will plant their own seeds in potting soil and measure plant growth. Before the students' plants are visible above the soil, students will explore the parts and functions of classroom plants and compare growth between the classroom plants. Using the weather channel website, students will predict weather the day's weather conditions are excellent, good, or poor for plant growth.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Rhonda Hathcock.
Sizing up Sam the Scarecrow
Students will integrate measurement as a math activity during "S" week as they talk about Scarecrows and the Season Fall.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Marsha Thomas.
Wonderful whales
Students will gain knowledge of whales: the kinds of whales, the characteristics of whales, and the habitats of whales. Math skills will be incorporated into the teaching facts about whales.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Science)
By Robin Moss.

Lesson plans on the web

The Area of Things...
Students recognize and use the attributes of length and area using nonstandard units. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Balancing Act
Students use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Block Pounds
Students explore the use of variables as unknowns as they solve for the weights of objects using information presented in pictures. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Can You Measure Up?
Students engage in dramatization and a variety of measuring activities that include estimation, equivalents, and elapsed time. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: ARTSEDGE: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Designing a Virtual Path
Students use their knowledge of numbers, measurement, and geometry to design a “virtual path” that enables a ladybug to hide under a leaf. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Computer Technology Skills and Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Drop by Drop
Students engage in activities that promote understanding of how to measure volume using standard units. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Facing Up
Students create a map of their face and practice locating different parts using the geometric and measurement concepts they have learned in previous lessons. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Science)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Get the Turtle to the Pond
Provides opportunities for creative problem solving while encouraging young students to estimate length and angle measure. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Computer Technology Skills and Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Going Places: Looking Back and Moving Forward
This lesson helps the teacher determine if students have learned to link measurement and geometry to create maps and charts to show spatial relationships. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Science)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Handy Map
The teacher draws an outline of his or her hands and begins mapping them using words the students suggest. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies and Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Helping Ladybug Hide with Arrows and Angles
Students use a Java applet to hide a ladybug under a leaf. This requires experimentation, planning, and understanding of spatial relationships and visual memory. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Science)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
How Big Is Your Heart?
In this lesson, the first of a five-part series from Illuminations titled “The Beat of Your Heart,” students explore the size of their hearts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Judge and Jury
Students participate in activities in which they focus on the uses of numbers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Ladybug Lengths
This experience focuses student attention on the attributes of length and gives students the opportunity to develop knowledge of and skills in using nonstandard units of measurement. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics