Cubing/Think Dot Planning Sheet Set 2

							               Cubing/Think Dot Planning Sheet - Set 3
Lesson/Concept: Measurement                    Level/Interest/Learning Style: Approaching
Differentiated by: 2nd grade teachers



Activity 1:                                    Activity 2:

Use connecting cubes to build three              chain       day   friend   measurement
different length cube trains. Draw and label
your trains using shorter, shortest, longer,   Use the words above to answer the
longest.                                       following questions:

                                               1. Which words are shorter than friend?
                                               2. Which words shorter than measurement?
                                               3. Which words are longer than chain?
                                               4. Which words are longer than day?
                                               Write your answers on paper.

Activity 3:                                    Activity 4:

Using footsteps or paperclips, estimate the    Make a list of objects in the classroom you
length of 1 object in the room.                can measure with a pencil.

Then measure that object.

Record and illustrate your answers.
Compare your estimates with your actual
measurements.




Activity 5:                                    Activity 6:

Together, you and your partner will trace
each others bodies on butcher paper.           What is the best nonstandard unit
                                               (paperclips, footsteps, post-it notes) to use
Use markers or connecting cubes to             to measure the distance from your desk to
measure the length of the bodies.              the door of the classroom?

Use complete sentences to describe your        I chose ______ because __________
measurements.