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Week 05 · Compare and measure

Wednesday

Longer and shorter
// Greater, less, longer and heavier
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Longer and shorter

Bennie and Oliver build cube trains.

"My train is longer," says Oliver.

"Let us line them up," says Bennie.

Learn it: line up the ends

Put both trains at the same start.

Look at the other end.

The one that goes farther is longer.

The other one is shorter.

A blue train of seven cubes.
A red train of four cubes.

The blue train has 7 cubes. The red has 4. Blue is longer.

WHICH TRAIN IS LONGER?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
The blue train has 7 cubes. The red train has 4. Which is longer?
The green train has 3 cubes. The gold train has 6. Which is longer?
The red train has 5 cubes. The blue train has 5. Which is longer?
The gold train has 9 cubes. The green train has 8. Which is longer?
WHICH TRAIN IS SHORTER?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
The red train has 2 cubes. The blue train has 5. Which is shorter?
The green train has 8 cubes. The gold train has 6. Which is shorter?
The blue train has 4 cubes. The red train has 10. Which is shorter?

Count the cubes

HOW MANY CUBES?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
five cubes in a rowHow many cubes?
eight cubes in a rowHow many cubes?
six cubes in a rowHow many cubes?
SHORTEST TO LONGEST
  • Start with the shortest train.
  • Tap them from shortest to longest.
11st
22nd
33rd
Try it
Find a spoon and a fork.
Line up their ends.
Which one is longer?
Draw a long train and a short train.

Word Spot: where, away

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Where: W-H-E-R-E.

Away: A-W-A-Y.

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.
___ is the frog?
The bird flew ___.

Nice work! Tomorrow Chris tells a story.

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