Measurement: Length

Length Quantity Recognizer

Sub Trajectory: Non-Measurement Comparison

Identifies length/distance as an attribute. May understand length as an absolute descriptor (e.g., all adults are tall), but not as a comparative (e.g., one person is taller than another). May compare non-corresponding parts of shape in determining side length.

Activities

You may see this:

Other Examples:

Child says, "I'm tall, see?"
Child says, "Mommy is big and the baby is tiny."
Child says, "Who is bigger - mommy or daddy?"

Help your student become a(n) Length Quantity Recognizer

Experiences focus on differentiating length from other measures of size (e.g., area or volume) and helping children move past simple classifications (tall and short) to see gradations and relationships (a stick longer than another stick but shorter than some other one).