GM1-1: Order and compare objects or events by length, area, volume and capacity, weight (mass), turn (angle), temperature, and time by direct comparison and/or counting whole numbers of units.
Elaboration on this Achievement Objective
This means students will go through a stage of using direct comparison to establish the relative length, area, volume, weight and temperature of objects. This means that the objects are brought together physically. Through experiences using direct comparison techniques students will come to appreciate the need for units of measure so that objects can be compared without bringing them together. Units have the attribute being measured, have to be the same size and are combined and counted. For example handspans can be used to compare the length of a table and the height of a door. Students are expected to apply their number strategies to count these units. Students are expected to explore turns (angles) through bodily movement and time through comparing durations of events.
Teaching resources for this Achievement Objective
This unit provides you with a range of opportunities to assess the entry level of achievement of your students.
Use groupings to efficiently count the number of objects in a set. Create picture graphs about category data and discuss patterns in the data. Create and follow instructions to make a model made with shapes. Order a set of objects by mass (weight). Create a sequential pattern and predict further...
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
In this unit students help plan a party for Q-Bear and think about some of the different ways people celebrate their birthdays.
State when their birthday is and locate this on a calendar. Skip counting in 2s, 3s, 10s. Make groups of five using different combinations. Identify the diverse ways people celebrate birthdays in New Zealand.
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
This unit is based around a series of activities in which students explore aspects of measurement using non standard units to answer a 'how many' question. They make predictions and work in pairs over 4 to 5 sessions.
Use a counting on strategy to keep track of a series of additions. Explore the concepts of length, volume and area.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In this unit the students use a small plastic dinosaur as the unit with which to measure the capacity of containers. They apply their counting strategies and discover that a number of different shaped containers can contain the same number of dinosaurs.
Use non standard units to measure the volume of a container. Accurately count a set of up to 20 objects.
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
This is an activity based on the picture book Ernest.
Students will be able to compare the areas of paper required to create life size drawings of different sized objects. Students will be able to describe the relative size of objects using a vocabulary of length and area (such as bigger, taller, small, thin, wider).
Picture book activities
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
This is an activity based on the picture book Good Morning, Good Night
Students will be able to create a model representing the two halves of a 24-hour day. Students will be able to order events using day and night as benchmarks within the unit of one day.
Picture book activities
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
This is an activity based on the picture book Guess How Much I Love You?
Students will be able to explain the relationship between superlative and comparative adjectives and linear measurement. Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of length with direct comparisons.
Picture book activities
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in comparing lengths of different objects.
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In these five activities the students compare the duration of events, learn the order of months and read the time to the hour and half-hour.
Directly compares the duration of two events. Uses non-standard units to compare the duration of two or more events. Tell time to the hour and half hour using analogue clocks.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
This unit comprises 5 stations, which involve the students developing an awareness of the attributes of temperature The focus is on the development of language for describing temperature.
Describe objects as hot or cold. Describe the day as hot or cold. Compare the temperature of two objects. Order a group of 2 or more objects by temperature.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in estimating and comparing the capacity of objects with different dimensions.
Rich learning activities
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In this unit students estimate the sizes of common farm animals and draw life-size diagrams of these animals. They also use non-standard measurement units to check their estimations and design appropriate shelter for some of these animals.
Measure life-size diagrams of farm animals using non-standard units. Compare the relative sizes of sheep and their shelter plants using terms such as taller and shorter. Identify parts of common farm animals: legs, tail, head, snout, claws, beak. Group plants and animals from a selection of common...
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In this unit we compare the weight of the students’ favourite soft toys directly, and then indirectly, using beads. Although the technically correct term to use is mass, the term weight is used here.
Compare a group of 3 or more objects by mass. Measure mass with non-standard units.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In these five activities the students explore sequences of time and the concept of faster and slower. These are teacher-led, whole class activities.
Sequence events within a day. Describe a duration as long or short. Name and order the days of the week.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In this unit students develop number, measurement and shape understanding, skills and language, through making and working with play dough.
Sort shapes by their appearance. Justify classifications with explanations that use early geometric language Recognise that two-dimensional shapes are flat and have no ‘thickness’. Understand how to accurately use non-standard units to measure capacity. Recognise that shapes with three dimensions...
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
This unit provides opportunities for students to order and compare objects according to their area.
Directly compare the area of 2 objects by superimposing. Cover a shape with smaller shapes.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
Read time in half-hours State that there are 2 half-hours in an hour Count in 2s to 8. Devise and use problem solving strategies to explore situations mathematically
Problem solving activities
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
This unit comprises 5 stations, which involve the students comparing the weight of two or more objects.
Compare a 2 objects by weight. Order 3 or more objects by weight. Describe the weight of objects using comparative language, for example, heavier, lighter.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In this unit we explore the use of non-standard units for measuring volume. We use bottles, cups, spoons and cubes to measure the volumes of objects. The unit is set out as a "stations" week, with five related but not linked activities.
Use non-standard volume units (cups, spoons, bottles) to fill a container and count the number used. Build with blocks and count the number of blocks used. Compare and order volumes of containers using non-standard volume units.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
This unit encourages students to use measurement language and counting to compare the attributes of length, width or height of objects in a variety of game situations. The transition from counting all to advanced counting is also supported.
Use measuring language to compare length, width, and height.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In this unit we compare the lengths of the students’ favourite soft toys directly and then indirectly using multi-link cubes.
Compare a group of 3 or more objects by length. Measure length with non-standard units.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In this unit students use the traditional tale of the gingerbread man as a context for ordering and comparing lengths. A “sessions” approach is used, with five related but not sequential activities.
Compare the length of two objects directly. Order three or more objects by length. Select objects that are the same length as a given object.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
This unit begins by having students use their bodies to measure the area of different shapes drawn on the floor. A further understanding of area is developed through the use of beans, counters and blocks to measure the area of objects in the classroom.
Cover a shape with non-standard area units and count the number used. Compare and order areas of shapes using non-standard area units.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In this unit we compare the volumes of containers using the context of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Compare the volume of two containers by packing or pouring. Order the volume of three or more containers by packing or pouring. Recognise that two matched amounts of liquid remain the same when one amount is poured into a container of a different shape.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
In this unit we take measurements of ourselves which we store in a time capsule to open and use later in the year.
Compare the length of two objects. Select objects which are about the same length as a given object. Order three or more objects by length.
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One