I found this to be a great resource as it provides you with multiple lessons that could be an option to carry on from from the original lesson, to further develop skills and understanding of measurement.
MEASUREMENT
'Measurement enables the identification and quatification of attributes of objects so that they can be compared and ordered' (NSW Board of Studies, 2007, p. 9).
Measurement is one of the six content strands within the NSW k-6 syllabus which assists students to 'develop knowledge, skills and understanding in identifying and quantifying the attributes of shapes and objects and applying measurement strategies', when working through the 6 interrelated processes; length, time, mass, area and volume and capacity' (NSW Board of Studies, 2007, p.8).
Gives examples in a lesson form of how measurement can be applied to real life experience through a scuba diving trip.
I found this to be a great resource as it provides you with multiple lessons that could be an option to carry on from from the original lesson, to further develop skills and understanding of measurement.
When adapting a lesson from this resource it provides you with not onl the teacher standards and expectations that the teacher needs to acheive but also the learning objective of the lesson. It also provides you with questions to propose to children and extensions that could be designed for fast finishers.
A You Tube video that illustrates how learning measurement for children can be enhanced when applied in a real life context of measuring pumpkins. Children use string to represent measurement lengths, compare data and use estimation and probability to make conclusions.
3 broad phases for teaching about each of the measurement attributes for objects
Phase 1: Identifying the attribute
Phase 2: Learning to measure
Phase 3: Learning to calculate