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Measuring Length

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The student must be able to show that length can be measured with equal sized units of length placed end to end, with no gaps or overlaps, along the distance being measured. The student must be able to explain how they measure different objects with words and drawings.

Example

This is a unit cube.  

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 Show how to correctly measure the length of this picture of a train with a unit cube. 

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Digital Tools

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    Reordering Objects  

    How Do You Measure Up?  

    Hop to It  How Big Are You?   

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TEKS

1.7 Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to select and use units to describe length and time. The student is expected to:

(B) illustrate that the length of an object is the number of same-size units of length that, when laid end-to-end with no gaps or overlaps, reach from one end of the object to the other;

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