This resource is part of Tools4NCTeachers.

This is lesson three in a series of six lessons focused around developing a mathematical community at the beginning of the school year. While this lesson meets standard NC.1.MD.2, its primary goal is for students to learn how to work with a partner on a task. A secondary goal is to begin establishing norms for how students work together during math class.

Which fish move where? In this fun interactive, students help move fish to their new homes (a small fish tank or a big fish tank) by using measurement.

For this activity, students listen to the story and explore making shapes with a pipe cleaner or string. Students tell how many different shapes they can make. Students also draw and write about the shapes they made.