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Week 12 · Measure, time and shapes

Monday

Measure with cubes
// Lengths, clocks, shapes and equal parts
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Measure with cubes

Lizzy the Lizard has a notebook and some cubes.

"How long is this stick?" asks Lizzy.

Bennie the Bear lines up cubes beside it.

Learn it: line up the cubes

Start the cubes at one end of the stick.

Put each cube right next to the last one.

Leave no gaps. Do not stack the cubes.

Stop at the other end. Then count.

seven cubes in a row

The stick is 7 cubes long.

HOW LONG?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
seven cubes in a rowHow many cubes long is the stick?
four cubes in a rowHow many cubes long is the crayon?
ten cubes in a rowHow many cubes long is the ribbon?
twelve cubes in a rowHow many cubes long is the rope?

Longer and shorter

Lizzy measures a leaf. It is 5 cubes long.

A feather is 8 cubes long.

8 is more than 5, so the feather is longer.

WHICH IS LONGER?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
The leaf is 5 cubes. The feather is 8 cubes. Which is longer?
The pencil is 9 cubes. The spoon is 6 cubes. Which is longer?
The sock is 7 cubes. The shoe is 11 cubes. Which is shorter?
SHORTEST TO LONGEST
  • The leaf is 5, the feather 8, the rope 12.
  • Tap from shortest to longest.
11st
22nd
33rd
SentenceTrue or false?
We leave no gaps between the cubes.?
We stack cubes on top of each other.?
We start at one end of the thing.?
WHY THIS EXERCISECubes go end to end, with no gaps.
THINK IT THROUGH
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
The rope is longer than the stick. The stick is longer than the pencil. Which is longest?
Try it
Find blocks or paper clips that are all the same.
Measure a spoon with them, end to end.
Measure a shoe the same way.
Which one is longer?
Draw a pencil with cubes lined up under it.

Word Spot: walk

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Walk: W-A-L-K.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We ___ to the park.
Let us ___ slowly.

Great measuring! Tomorrow Oliver helps us tell time.