Introduction
 Intro to Measurement
Activity 1
 Building Houses
Activity 2
 Short vs. Tall
Activity 3
 Brick Walls
Activity 4
 Designing Bridges
Activity 5
Measurement
Teacher Support
Extension Ideas
Standards
Alignment
Activity
Photographs
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Objective: to allow students to
compare the attributes of integer bars.
Manipulative Activity: a follow-up
activity where individual children or pairs of children compare the
attributes of the integer bars and learn the accompanying vocabulary.
Distribute integer (Cuisenaire) rods to all the children in the class.
Ask each child or pair of children to respond with a model as an
example for each of the following:
- short vs. tall
- horizontal vs. vertical
- one of each color
- a different example of two rods that have the same color
(realization that they will always be the same length if they are
the same color)
Technology Activity: Students use an
integer
bar applet written by Jacobo Bulaevsky to reinforce concepts of tall
vs. short, horizontal vs. vertical, color, and size.
Refer to How to Use the Integer Bar Program for directions.
Depending on the availability of computers for your students, this
activity can be done individually, with partners, in groups, or as a class.
Work through the manipulative activity using the applet instead of the
actual bars.
Have students go to Short vs. Tall.
Paper/Pencil Activity: Depending on
the level of your students, you can have them complete this activity
individually or with assistance. Here are some possible activities:
- Students draw two bars, labeling one short and the other tall.
- Students draw two bars, labeling one vertical and the other horizontal.
- Students draw all of the bars, from shortest to tallest.
Literature Connection:
Block City
Robert Louis Stevenson, (London: Wolf Anderson Press, 1988)
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