Measurement: Length

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• How Long or How Wide: A Measuring Guide by Brian P. Cleary

Materials

Common Materials

• ruler (kit)
• meter stick (kit)
• scissors
• fine point dry-erase marker (kit)
• whiteboard (kit)
• glue or glue stick
• Interactive Notebook
• cloth/vinyl tape measure (kit)
• index cards (kit)
• blank paper
• colored pencils or markers
• counters (kit)
• abacus (kit)
• bag of gummy worms

Lesson 1

• small paper clips (kit)
• picture frame
• bar of soap
• book
• box of cereal or other dry food
• large paper clips (kit)

Lesson 2

• lined piece of paper
• 3 drinking straws (kit)
• key
• shoe
• soup can
• spoon

Lesson 3

• building materials (for example, blocks, Legos)* (3.1 - optional)

Lesson 4

• construction paper (kit)

Lesson 5

• mirror* (5.2 - optional)

Lesson 6

• rubber bands (kit)
• dice (kit)
• geoboards (kit)

Lesson 7

• can of soup or vegetables* (7.1 - optional)
• long rug* (7.1 - optional)
• metal tape measure
• piece of ribbon* (7.1 - optional)
• small table* (7.1 - optional)

Lesson 8

• number cards (kit)
• pencil
• piece of fruit
• piece of pasta
• milk carton
• 40 inches of ribbon (kit)
• boxes of food
• brown bag or gift bag

Lesson 9

• colored pencils

Final Project

• camera* (Final Project.1 - optional)
• stapler

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used