Measuring to the Nearest inch By: Shannon Weber Revised: June
20, 2011 S. Weber Daemen College, 2011 Slide 2 District and School
Union East Elementary Cheektowaga School District School Motto:
Failure is not an option S. Weber Daemen College, 2011 Slide 3
Grade Level / Ability of Students Fourth Grade 39 students in two
fourth grade classes 8 students with IEPs and 504 plans receive AIS
in resource room Mrs. Reeb and Mrs. Carlisle: General Education
teachers Mrs. Grazyk: Special Education teacher S. Weber Daemen
College, 2011 Slide 4 New York State Standard NYS Standard: Math
Content Strand: Measurement Band: Units of Measurement Performance
Indicator: 4. M. 2 Use a ruler to measure to the nearest standard
unit (whole, , and inches, whole feet, whole yards, whole
centimeters, and whole meter) S. Weber Daemen College, 2011 Slide 5
Learning Experience Focus Question How could literature be
incorporated into this Learning Experience? S. Weber Daemen
College, 2011 Slide 6 Time Frame Schedule: Taught within a
measurement unit, after fractions. After measurements will be
decimals. Planning: Approximately 2 hours Implementation: 10
minutes for pre-assessment and one 40 minute Math period to teach.
Assessment: Approximately 5 minutes or less per paper S. Weber
Daemen College, 2011 Slide 7 Objectives 1.0 TSWBT orally state inch
measurements with 95% accuracy. 2.0 TSWBT measure objects and write
correct inch measurements with 95% accuracy. S. Weber Daemen
College, 2011 Slide 8 Essential Questions How can you make an exact
measurement? What tool do you use to measure an object in inches?
What do the lines between the whole inches represent? Why is it
important to learn about the small lines between the whole inches?
S. Weber Daemen College, 2011 Slide 9 Essential Questions
(Continued) How do you measure an object to the nearest inch? How
do you find the nearest inch on a ruler? What are the inch
measurements? (1/4, 2/4, , 4/4) S. Weber Daemen College, 2011 Slide
10 Enduring Understanding Objects can be measured to a fraction of
an inch, instead of just to the nearest whole inch. All
measurements are comparisons. S. Weber Daemen College, 2011 Slide
11 Students Tasks Diagnostic Assessment: Students independently
complete Measuring to the Nearest inch for morning work. S. Weber
Daemen College, 2011 ObjectMeasurement Paperclip Post-it (measure
on the dark line) Width of this paper Dark name line on this paper
Width of the name tag on your desk Slide 12 Tasks (Continued)
Teacher highlights inch marks on the enlarged ruler and students
highlight their rulers in blue. Students come to the chalkboard
one- by-one to label measurements of pieces of tape. S. Weber
Daemen College, 2011 Slide 13 Individual Rulers S. Weber Daemen
College, 2011 Slide 14 Independent Practice Teacher Exemplar S.
Weber Daemen College, 2011 Slide 15 S. Weber Daemen College, 2011
Developing Student Work Correct Answers 1)1 2/4 inch 2 inches 2)2/4
or inch 1 inch 3)2 inches 2 2/4 inches 4) inches 1 inch 5)1 inch 1
inch 6)2 2/4 inches 2 inches 7)1 2/4 inches 1 inch 8)2 3/4 inches 2
inch Slide 16 Developing Student Rubric S. Weber Daemen College,
2011 Slide 17 Proficient Student Work S. Weber Daemen College, 2011
Correct Answers 1)2 inches * 2)1 inch * 3)2 2/4 inches * 4)1 inch *
5)1 2/4 inch 1 inch 6)3 inches 2 inches 7)1 2/4 inches 1 2/4 inch
8)2 inches 2 inch Slide 18 Proficient Student Rubric S. Weber
Daemen College, 2011 Slide 19 Distinguished Student Work S. Weber
Daemen College, 2011 * All Correct Slide 20 Distinguished Student
Rubric S. Weber Daemen College, 2011 Slide 21 Assessments
Diagnostic Measuring to the Nearest inches worksheet (5
measurements) Formative Informal assessment on student rulers
during whole group instruction Summative Homework page measuring
lines and pictures * 12 students are assessed for this LE S. Weber
Daemen College, 2011 Slide 22 Graph S. Weber Daemen College, 2011
Pre and Post Assessment Data Slide 23 Technology S. Weber Daemen
College, 2011 Slide 24 Modification Table S. Weber Daemen College,
2011 ModificationRationaleBenefits Enlarged RulerAllows the teacher
to model measurement to a large group. Students are able to clearly
observe how the measurement process needs to be completed. Slide 25
Reflections A sincere thank you goes out to Catherine, Katrina,
Amanda, and Rebecca who gave many great suggestions through the
peer review. Some suggestions included: a measurement poem,
measuring objects in stations, and even drawing a room with
measurements! I want to thank Dr. Arnold for his continued support
and guidance throughout this Learning Experience Process! S. Weber
Daemen College, 2011
