Week 10 · Measure length
Thursday
A story about a long trail
// Inches, feet, centimeters and meters
⏱ about 15 min
Thursday: A story about a long trail
Chris the Coyote taps his feather hat and smiles.
"Today my story is about a walk," he says.
"Lizzy and Bennie walk to the old oak tree."
"Listen for every length on the way."
"Then we can add the lengths together."
Story: The walk to the oak tree
Lizzy and Bennie walk 25 meters to the pond.
Then they walk 30 more meters to the oak tree.
"How far did we walk?" asks Lizzy.
Bennie adds the lengths. 25 plus 30 is 55 meters.
On the way home, they find a vine 18 inches long.
REMEMBER THE STORY
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
How far is it to the pond?They walk 25 meters, then 30 meters. How many meters in all?
How long is the vine?
Learn it: add and subtract lengths
Lengths are numbers, so we can add and subtract them.
Keep the same unit for both lengths.
Say the unit in your answer, like 55 meters.
LENGTH STORY PROBLEMS
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
Lizzy finds a vine 18 inches long and one 14 inches long. Together?
A rope is 46 feet long. Chris uses 18 feet. How many feet are left?
Bennie walks 32 meters. Then he walks 27 more. How many meters?
The trail is 60 meters long. They walked 25. How many meters to go?
Check each sum and difference.
| Number sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| 25 + 30 = 55 | ? |
| 46 - 18 = 38 | ? |
| 18 + 14 = 32 | ? |
WHY THIS EXERCISE46 take away 18 is 28, not 38.
ORDER THE PATHS, SHORTEST FIRST
- Find the shortest path first.
- Tap the lengths from shortest to longest.
11st
22nd
33rd
44th
Try it
With a grown-up, take 10 big steps across a room.
Then take 5 more steps.
How many steps did you take in all?
Then take 5 more steps.
How many steps did you take in all?
Draw the trail to the oak tree. Write 25 meters and 30 meters on it.
Word Spot: face, watch, far
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
Face: F-A-C-E.
Watch: W-A-T-C-H.
Far: F-A-R.
FIND THE WORD
- Listen to the word.
- Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
- Listen to the sentence.
- Tap the missing word.
The clock has a round ___.
Let us ___ the birds.
How ___ can you jump?
What a walk! Tomorrow Freddy hops on a number line.