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Measure with blocks: 1st grade math

Measure with same-size non-standard units, no gaps or overlaps. A free 1st grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: measure with same-size non-standard units, no gaps or overlaps.

Teach (10 min)

  • Each square is 1 unit. A bar from 0 to 6 is 6 units long.
  • If it starts at 3 and ends at 8, count the squares: 8 − 3 = 5 units.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/measure.endToEnd?lesson=1-measure-endtoend-1&at=1

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Use the first three questions on the printable sheet as a slip.

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Measure with blocks (1st grade)

  1. Each square is 1 unit. How many units long is the bar?
    0123456
  2. Each square is 1 unit. How many units long is the bar?
    01234567
  3. Each square is 1 unit. How many units long is the bar?
    012345678
  4. Each square is 1 unit. How many units long is the bar?
    012345678910
  5. Each square is 1 unit. How many units long is the bar?
    0123456789
  6. Each square is 1 unit. How many units long is the bar?
    012345678
  7. Each square is 1 unit. The bar does not start at 0. How many units long is the bar?
    01234567891011
  8. Each square is 1 unit. The bar does not start at 0. How many units long is the bar?
    01234567891011
  9. Each square is 1 unit. The bar does not start at 0. How many units long is the bar?
    01234567891011
  10. Each square is 1 unit. The bar does not start at 0. How many units long is the bar?
    01234567891011
  11. Each square is 1 unit. How many units longer is the longer bar?
    AB0123456789101112
  12. Each square is 1 unit. How many units longer is the longer bar?
    AB012345678910
Key
  1. 3 units
  2. 5 units
  3. 3 units
  4. 7 units
  5. 8 units
  6. 6 units
  7. 5 units
  8. 6 units
  9. 4 units
  10. 6 units
  11. 4 units
  12. 2 units

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