Using Cubes to Teach Measurement

Today I’m going to teach my students about measurement. Measurable characteristics. I’m going to use 10 cubes. These are called cubes. These cubes are from the biggest cube to the smallest cube. Normally, I will ask my students to take the cubes off the shelf and place them on the rug next to them. This will give them a sense of touch, tactile, feeling. They can touch the cube and investigate it. So, therefore, they’ll take it off the shelf. I am going to tell my students that we have 10 cubes here. The biggest cube and the smallest cube. I am also going to point out to them the contrast. This is our biggest cube, and this is our smallest cube. You see then, the biggest cube and the smallest cube. This is a light cube because it’s smaller. This is a heavy cube because it’s bigger. So, my students understand the varied senses of the cube that is heavy, in weight. We are going now to grade our cubes from the biggest to the smallest. I have my big cube in front of me. So that is the big cube. I am going to look for the next big cube from the set. So, which is my next big one? This is my next big cube. And I’m sure at this point you wondering why I’m not adding a running commentary on what I’m doing. Those children, they love to watch instead of listening to me. Their interest is to watch what I’m doing. So, I’m grading from the largest to the smallest. And, of course this is my smallest here. I’m also going to tell my students that there is one centimeter between each of my cubes by using my littlest cube to do the measurement. So, this is how my students get an idea of creating the largest to the smallest cube. I hope you learn something from this presentation. How we grade from the largest to the smallest.