Common Core: Measurement and Data
As set out by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in the Common Core State Standards Initiative. For more information, please visit the Measurement and Data domain at the Common Core State Standards website.
Series: Book Ideas
What’s So “Big” about Measurement Concepts for Young Children?
June 21, 2017
Two books that are common in homes and classrooms are great jumping off spots for exploring important concepts of measurement.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Books, Three Little Pigs, Juana Martinez-Neal, Animals, Alma and How She Got Her Name, Big and Small
Series: Book Ideas March 14, 2017
3 Animal Picture Books That Explore Questions About Data
Data analysis uses math to make sense of the world. It is compiling information and describing it in a quantitative way: how many?
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Ann Whitehead Nagda, Graphing, Cindy Bickel, How Many Snails?: A Counting Book, Paul Giganti Jr., Birds, Kevin Henkes, Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger, Animals
Series: Focus on Play February 28, 2017
Size and Pattern with Balls and Tubes
This simple interaction between caregiver and toddler is a demonstration of very early mathematical concepts, or "precursor concepts."
- Topic: Precursor Concepts, Pattern, Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers
- Tags Toddlers
Series: Focus on Play November 14, 2016
Stacking Peg Towers
Math play in preK or kindergarten can become an opportunity to explore measurement, as is the case in this classroom.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags in-progress, Editing
Series: Focus on Play November 14, 2016
Comparing Capacity at the Sand Table
What kind of "big" is it? Children explore the differences between tall and wide as they explore which bucket holds the most sand.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Play, Capacity
Series: Focus on Play August 24, 2016
Measuring a Block Tower with Kindergartners
Building block towers provides a natural opportunity to measure height. In this scene, children use strings and a broom.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Blocks
Series: Book Ideas March 8, 2016
4 More Children’s Books that Explore Measurement Concepts
Some time ago we suggested a few books that are great for exploring measurement concepts in primary grades. Now we're at it again.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Anne Rockwell, Books, Comparing, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Tana Hoban, Balancing Act, The Line Up Book, Marisabina Russo, Is It Larger? Is It Smaller?, One Bean
Series: Focus on the Lesson February 25, 2016
A Gallery Walk to Inspire Student Collaboration
This third grade teacher leads a gallery walk with her students with the purpose of having children explain their thinking with peers.
- Topic: Measurement, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Gallery walk
Series: Focus on Collaboration October 17, 2015
Planning Conversation for Shoe Graph Lesson
In this planning conversation, a teacher and coach discuss some of their ideas and concerns about a forthcoming lesson. With a coach, she discusses some of her ideas and concerns about the forthcoming lesson.
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Seasonal, English Language Learner, Books, Graphing, Shoes, Planning
Series: Book Ideas October 6, 2015
3 Magic Cauldron Books for Kids to Mathematize the Season
One of the most classic images of the Halloween season is a witch's magic pot or cauldron. Singing about witches' brew and reading tales of magical pots can also be a great way to introduce…
- Topic: Number Sense, Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Holiday, Books, Capacity, Two of Everything, Lily Toy Hong, The Magic Porridge Pot, Seasonal, Paul Galdone, Food, Strega Nona, Tomie dePaola
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