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Pre-K
Daily
Lesson
Plans
Extend
the Unit
MATH
Measurement
Week 1: Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Week 2: Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Week 3: Time and Temperature. . . . . . 6-7
Math Songs for each theme available on CD.
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Measurement
Length
Objective Investigate length and nonstandard
length measurement
Materials ribbon; tape; chart paper; marker;
Content Area Flip Chart, p. 47; plants of different
heights
Share and Read Tape a length
of ribbon on the wall that is about the
average height of a child. Title one piece
of chart paper taller and another shorter.
Tape them on either side of the ribbon and
read them aloud. Stand beside the ribbon.
Ask: Am I taller than the ribbon or shorter?
Ask one child at a time to stand by the
ribbon. Encourage children to describe
the comparison by saying taller than
the ribbon or shorter than the ribbon.
Have children write their name on the
appropriate piece of paper.
Length
Day
3
Objective Investigate length and weight
Materials Math Songs CD: Track 9
Sing “Can You Tell Me
Now?” Play “Can You Tell Me Now?” on
Math Songs CD: Track 9.
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Content Words Display Content Area Flip Chart,
page 47. Help children to circle the
objects that are longer than the pencil.
Talk About It Display several plants.
Help children to order the plants from shortest
to tallest.
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Content Words Begin by finding two objects in the
classroom to compare, using the
concepts of tall and short, long and short,
light and heavy, and holds more and holds
less. Example: The teacher is tall and
children are short or the crayon is light
and the table is heavy. Note: Children will
further explore weight next week.
As they begin to grasp the concept,
ask children to think of items outside
the classroom and identify measurable
attributes. Examples: A pond holds more
water than a fish tank which holds less
water. Or a tree is tall compared to a
flower which is short.
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Days
1-2
Include physical motions to illustrate
the attributes, such as holding hands
far apart to represent long and closer
together to represent short.
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Measurement
Objectives Investigate length and nonstandard
length measurement
Materials modeling clay, two-color counters
(red/yellow)
Long or Short? Have children work
in pairs. Distribute two balls of modeling
clay and two counters to each pair.
Have children divide the modeling clay
into ten equal-size pieces and then make
five long ropes and five short ropes.
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Tell children to each take one counter
and flip it.
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Content Words If the two counters land on different
colors, the player with yellow takes one
long rope. The player with red takes a
short rope. If the counters are the same
color, neither player takes a rope.
After children have taken five ropes,
each child joins his or her five modeling
clay ropes into one continuous rope.
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Partners compare their final ropes to
determine whose rope is longer and
whose rope is shorter.
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Length
Day
5
Objectives Investigate length and nonstandard
length measurement
Materials yarn, craft sticks, connecting cubes
Extension Activities Use the
following activities to reinforce/extend the
learning in upcoming days and weeks.
Jump! Jump! Jump! Have children
measure how far they can jump by lining
up different size units (craft sticks, yarn,
connecting cubes) along the edge of a
string connecting starting and ending
points. Ask children if they use more
crafts sticks or connecting cubes to
measure their jumps.
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Rulers Rule Distribute rulers to
children. Explain their use. Have children
find, measure, and sort objects in the
room into longer than the ruler, shorter
than the ruler, or the same length as the ruler.
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Length
Day
4
Which Is Longest? Give children an
assortment of objects to order from
shortest to longest. Model “thinking
aloud” as you work beside the children
to use the new math terms and problem
solve.
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2
Measurement
Weight
Objective Investigate weight and measurement
Materials 2 measuring cups, rice, plastic jars,
materials of different weights, box
Weight
Day
3
Objectives Investigate weight and measurement
Materials chart paper
Weight Game Display two measuring
Nature Walk Take the class on a walk
cups--one empty and the other full of rice
or another solid.
outside the classroom to observe and
compare the weights of various objects.
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Content Words Give each child an opportunity to
hold both cups and then ask: Which is
heavier? Which is lighter? Which is harder
to lift?
Display several plastic jars. Help children
to use measuring cups to fill the jars with
different materials, such as sand, water,
soil, dried beans, and flour.
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Ask: Can you tell which is the heaviest by
looking at the jar? Why not? What do you
need to do?
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Help children compare weights and
select the lightest and heaviest jars.
Then ask them to arrange the jars in
order of lightest to heaviest.
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Invite children to put six of the same
objects in a box and feel its weight. Add
a seventh object and ask: What happens
when I put another object in the box? Is
the box heavier or lighter? Continue with
eight, nine, and ten objects.
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As you locate certain objects during
the walk, stop and allow chidlren to lift
the items. Make sure that children lift
a variety of objects that vary in weight
and size, such as leaves, rocks, and balls.
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Allow children to try to pick up an
object, such as a playground climber
that is too heavy to lift, so that they
understand how heavy some objects
can be.
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Upon returning to the classroom,
generate a list on chart paper of the
items the children lifted.
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1-2
Then on another sheet of chart paper,
classify these items into the following
categories: too heavy to lift, heavy, not
heavy.
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Guide children to use the word light to
describe the weight of objects that were
not heavy.
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Measurement
Objectives Investigate weight and measurement
Materials balance scale, classroom objects
Balance Scale Display a balance
scale and explain how to use it. Tell
children that if one object is heavier than
another, the scale will dip lower. Model
using two classroom objects.
Provide an assortment of classroom
objects of varying weights. Have
children take turns selecting two
objects, predicting which is heavier (or
lighter) and then weighing the items on
the scale to confirm their predictions.
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Place the balance scale in the Math
Center for children to continue exploring
weight in the upcoming weeks and
months.
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Weight
Day
5
Objectives Investigate weight and measurement
Materials measuring cups and spoons, balance
scale, rice, sand, water, cups.
Extension Activities Use the
following activities to reinforce/extend the
learning in upcoming days and weeks.
Measure It Provide an assortment of
measuring tools in the Math Center, such
as measuring cups and spoons. Have
children measure out water, rice, or sand
into cups. Suggest that they weigh two
cups on a balance scale to compare the
weights.
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Food Weight Pass around various
foods in small cups, such as apples,
raisins, nuts, oranges, and crackers.
Ask children which weighs the most.
Have children weigh various foods to
compare.
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Weight
Day
4
Balance It Place a cup filled with trail
mix on one side of a balance scale. Place
an empty cup on the other. Tell children
that they must scoop out the exact
amount of trail mix so that the cups have
equal amounts. This will be their snack
for today.
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3
Measurement
Time and
Temperature
Objective Investigate time and temperature
Materials Content Area Flip Chart, p. 48; marker;
clock with hands
Time and
Temperature
Day
3
Objectives Investigate time
Materials restaurant items
Share and Read Ask: How do you
When Do We Eat? In the Dramatic
know when it is day? How do you know
when it is night? Discuss the sun rising
and setting, and daytime activities and
nighttime activities.
Play Center, set up a restaurant. Discuss the
types of food children order when they go
out to eat.
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Content Words Display Content Area Flip Chart,
page 48. Identify the activities. Point to
the smaller pictures and say: The sun rises
in the morning. There is a full sun in the
afternoon. And the moon and stars come
out at night. Discuss how the weather
can change the amount of sun and
temperature.
Guide children to draw a line to match
the times of the day to the pictures.
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Talk About It Display a clock with
hands. Point to each number and say it aloud.
Ask questions such as: What time do you come
to school? What time do you eat lunch? Move the
hands on the clock to show that time of day.
Have children identify breakfast foods,
lunch foods, and dinner foods.
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Ask children when they eat breakfast;
then ask when they eat dinner.
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Help children to identify that when
they wake up, it is morning, and that is
usually when people eat breakfast. Tell
children that after school when they eat
dinner, it is evening. Finally, tell children
that in the middle of the day when they
are eating lunch, it is afternoon.
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Days
1-2
Tell half of the class that they are
customers and the other half that they
are waiters or waitresses who will have
to take the order of the customers to see
what they want to eat.
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Name a time of day and have the
customers order a food that is typically
eaten during that time. Then have
children switch roles.
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Measurement
Objectives Investigate time and temperature
Materials clock, timer, calendar, thermometer
Time and
Temperature
Day
5
Objectives Investigate time and temperature
Materials time line, daily calendar
Measuring Devices Introduce and
Extension Activities Use the
explain the use of important devices to
measure time and temperature.
following activities to reinforce/extend the
learning in upcoming days and weeks.
Clock Point out the wall clock to
children. Show them the moveable clock
face. Let them move the hands around.
Explain how the clock face is made just
like the wall clock face. Show them how
to set the hands on the clock face so
they match the wall clock. Point out the
times of activities throughout the day
from this day on. For example, it is now 2 o’clock. It is time for a snack.
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Calendar Explain to children that a
calendar is another way to measure
time. Point out how a calendar is divided
into months and days. Continue to work
with children to recite the months of the
year and days of the week.
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Thermometer Explain the types
and uses of a thermometer (one for
measuring outside temperature, one
for measuring body temperature). Use
a thermometer to record the outside
temperature for a week.
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Time Line Help children make a time
line of their day. Place a sun on one end
of the time line and a moon on the other
end. List events in order from morning
until night.
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Calendar Time During the daily
calendar time, reinforce the words
yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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Picture Sorts Make or find pictures
of daytime and nighttime activities for
children to sort. They can also sort foods
by time of day eaten (breakfast, lunch,
dinner).
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Time and
Temperature
Day
4
Daily Routine Use the daily routine to
reinforce temporal words, such as We
will go outside to play after we have our
snack.
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