This tasks engages students by having them measure a partner using unifix cubes. Partners measure arms, legs, feet, and hands and record findings on a worksheet.

In this assessment task students will hunt around the room to find objects that are the same length as the items on the assessment tasks. They are to find something that measures the same as lengths such as two square tiles a pencil or three post it notes. Students will draw and write the name of the object on the task sheet. The teacher should prepare the objects that students measure with prior to the assessment. An assessment task sheet and a rubric are provided.

This unit of 1 measurement lessons explores non-standard units through 3 hands-on activities.

Students will view a video clip, choose their own non-standard unit of measure, measure the room and then answer thoughtful questions about the activity.  Students will create a unit of measure that is equal to ten of the original unit and will make predictions about how the measurement values will change.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

In this assessment task, students measure items using a variety of non-standard units of measurement.

This lesson accompanies the North Carolina children's book, "My NC from A to Z" which celebrates pride of place, and creates connections to North Carolina's rich African American heritage. In this lesson, students solve a problem by creating a chair according to specific measurable attributes with at least three to five elements that are similar to the designs of Thomas Day.

This document is the About the Cluster document created by the authors of the NC2ML Instructional Frameworks. Read this document prior to teaching the cluster in order to get insight into the clustering of the standards, mathematics to be taught, and important considerations.

This document is not remixable since the document has been written by creators of the NC2ML Instructional Frameworks.

This unit of 1 Number and Operation lessons explores place value through 3 hands-on activities.

Students build and determine the height of Cuisenaire rod towers. With a partner, students build a tower, decide the measurement tool to use, measure their tower, and make comparisons between the towers during a whole-class discussion .

Lesson plan using a Cyberchase activity, gives students practice in estimating heights and lengths of objects when the measurement tools are not rulers. Two different kinds of measurement units allow students to measure by repeating the measurement with a single smaller object, and to measure with an object that is composed of multiple repeating units.

In this lesson, students observe and describe plants as they grow from seeds. Students will work collaboratively to collect, interpret, and display data related to the growth patterns and heights of the plants.

This is a remix of a NASA resource that describes the forces of a rocket launch and uses non-standard units of measurement to collect data. The remix has added further details for students and also added a mention of Katherine Johnson and her contribution to space calculations. This student-facing handout has embedded links and a data table and is designed for a 1st grade math and science integration. 

The Family Letters are intended to be sent home at the beginning and middle of the cluster. They explain big ideas of the cluster using family-friendly language. Families can also find tips for working with their children at home, digital games, videos, and books. This file contains both English and Spanish versions of the Family Letters.

The intended purpose of this document is to provide teachers with a tool to determine student understanding and suggest instructional moves that may help guide a student forward in their learning. It is not an exhaustive list of strategies.

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.

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In this lesson, students read the book Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert.
Then, they compare length and width using non-standard measurement.

In this activity, students roll dice and draw the hands on an analog clock and write the time on a digital clock.

In this lesson, students complete several math activities. They will also use a globe and maps to track the penguins' journies from Antarctica to Australia and back to Utah via the Pacific Ocean.