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Activity 1

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To Gather

Objects of various lengths

Activity Narrative

The purpose of this activity is for students to practice the skill of estimating a reasonable length in centimeters based on their experiences and known information. When students compare and explain their estimates in pairs and during class discussion they make, interpret, and defend mathematical claims (MP3).

This activity uses the Estimation Exploration routine in the Launch. This gives students the opportunity to revisit the meaning of estimation before making estimations on their own. The Launch can be completed with the images provided or with an object that is more interesting to your students.

If needed, review all the objects that students will estimate as a class and record the names of each object (or length) so that all students can see.

Launch

Groups of 2
Give objects to each group.
Display the image or a real notebook.
“Andre quería medir la longitud de su cuaderno, pero no tenía ninguna herramienta para medirla. Él hizo una estimación que le pareció razonable” // “Andre wanted to measure the length of his notebook, but he didn’t have any tools to measure it. He made a guess that he thought would be close.”
“Observen el cuaderno y piensen en qué tan largo creen que es en centímetros” // “Look at the notebook and think about how long you think it is in centimeters.”
“¿Qué estimación sería muy alta?, ¿muy baja?, ¿razonable?” // “What is an estimate that’s too high? Too low? About right?”
1 minute: quiet think time
1 minute: partner discussion
Record responses.
“Observemos otra imagen del mismo objeto” // “Let’s look at another image of the object.”
Display the image or hold a folder next to a 10-centimeter tool.
“Teniendo en cuenta la segunda imagen, ¿quieren ajustar o cambiar sus estimaciones?” // “Based on the second image, do you want to revise, or change, your estimates?”
1 minute: quiet think time
1 minute: partner discussion
Record responses.
“¿Cómo cambió su estimación?” // “How did your estimation change?”
30 seconds: quiet think time
Share responses.

Activity

As needed, display the names of the objects that students will estimate.
“Ahora observen los objetos que le entregué a cada grupo y piensen en qué tan largos son. Individualmente, escriban sus estimaciones en la hoja de registro” // “Now look at the objects I gave each group and think about how long they are. Record your estimates on the recording sheet on your own.”
“Cuando ustedes y su compañero terminen, comparen sus estimaciones y expliquen por qué piensan que son ‘razonables’” // “When you and your partner finish, compare your estimates and explain why you think they are ‘about right’.”
5 minutes: independent work time
2 minutes: partner discussion

Escribe una estimación que sea:

muy baja razonable muy alta
Escribe una estimación que sea:

muy baja razonable muy alta
Escribe una estimación para cada objeto.
Cuéntale a tu compañero por qué tus estimaciones son “razonables”.

Hoja de registro

objeto	estimación	medida




Escoge un objeto:

Student Response

to access Student Response.

Advancing Student Thinking

If students make estimates without justifying their thinking, consider asking:

“Cuéntame más sobre cómo decidiste que el objeto medía aproximadamente ___ cm” // “Tell me more about how you decided that the object was about ___ cm.”
“¿En qué objetos puedes pensar que midan aproximadamente 1 cm? ¿10 cm? ¿Cómo podrían las longitudes de los objetos que conoces ayudarte a explicar la longitud estimada de otro objeto?” // “What objects can you think of that are about 1 cm? 10 cm? How could the lengths of objects that you know help you explain the estimated length of another object?”

Activity Synthesis

Share and record estimates for each of the classroom objects.
“¿Cómo hicieron sus estimaciones? ¿En qué pensaron?” // “How did you make your estimates? What did you think about?” (I thought about the size of a 10-centimeter tool and imagined measuring with it. I thought about the length of the ruler we made.)
30 seconds: quiet think time
1 minute: partner discussion
Share responses.
“¿Pueden imaginar una situación en la que tengan que estimar la longitud de un objeto?” // “Can you think of a time when you might need to estimate the length of an object?”

Activity 2

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Materials

To Gather

Materials from a previous activity Rulers (centimeters)

Activity Narrative

The purpose of this activity is for students to measure the lengths they estimated in the previous activity with a centimeter ruler to find the actual lengths. As needed, encourage students to use base-ten blocks to check their measurements to help them assess their accuracy and deepen their understanding of how length is represented on the ruler (MP2, MP6).

MLR2 Collect and Display. Collect the language students use to explain how they are measuring. Display words and phrases such as: “regla”, “borde”, “medida”, “longitud”, “centímetro”, “estimación”, ”más largo” y “más corto” // “ruler,” “edge,” “measure,” “length,” “centimeter,” “estimate,” “longer,” and “shorter.” During the Synthesis, invite students to suggest ways to update the display: “¿Qué otras palabras o frases deberíamos incluir?” // “What are some other words or phrases we should include?” Invite students to borrow language from the display as needed.
Advances: Conversing, Reading

Action and Expression: Internalize Executive Functions. Invite students to verbalize their strategy for determining how to line up their measuring tool before they begin. The base-ten blocks and handmade rulers need to be lined up with the edge because that indicates where zero is, and the actual ruler needs to be lined up with the tick mark indicating where zero is. Students can speak quietly to themselves, or share with a partner.
Supports accessibility for: Organization, Conceptual Processing, Language

Launch

Groups of 2
Give students centimeter rulers and access to base-ten blocks.
“¿Qué observan acerca de esta regla? ¿En qué se parece y en qué se diferencia de las reglas que ustedes hicieron?” // “What do you notice about this ruler? How is it the same and different from the rulers you created?”
30 seconds: quiet think time
Share responses.
Depending on your rulers, say one of the following:
- “Miren el borde de su regla. Nuestras reglas tienen el 0 marcado, pero tienen un espacio antes del 0. Nuestras mediciones no serán correctas si empezamos desde el borde de la regla en vez de empezar en el 0. Así que necesitamos alinear nuestros objetos con el 0, no con el borde de nuestra regla” // “Look at the edge of your ruler. Our rulers have 0 labeled, but they have some space before the 0. Our measurements won’t be accurate if we start at the edge of the ruler instead of 0. So, we need to line up our objects with the 0, not the edge of our ruler.”
- “Miren el borde de su regla. Parece que nuestras reglas empiezan en el 1 porque ese es el primer número. Pero hay un espacio antes del 1. Este espacio mide 1 centímetro de largo. El borde de nuestra regla es el 0, pero no había espacio para marcarlo. Así que, para medir correctamente, tenemos que alinear nuestros objetos con el borde de la regla de manera que empecemos desde el 0” // “Look at the edge of your ruler. It looks like our rulers start at 1, because that is the first number. There is some space before the 1. This space is 1 centimeter long. The edge of our ruler is 0, but there was no room to label it. So, in order to measure accurately, we must line up our objects with the edge of the ruler, so we are beginning at 0.”

Activity

“Ahora vamos a usar nuestras reglas para medir los objetos y para encontrar sus longitudes reales” // “Now we will use our rulers to measure the objects to find their actual length.”
10 minutes: partner work time
Monitor for a few students to share their chosen object in the Synthesis.

Activity Synthesis

Invite previously identified students to share the chosen object.
“¿Qué estimación de ____ sería razonable? Expliquen” // “What is an estimate for the ____ that is about right? Explain.”
1 min: quiet think time
Share and record responses.
Ask the student to demonstrate how they used the ruler to find the actual measurement, or, if possible, ask all students to find and share the actual measurement.
Repeat with other objects, if time permits.

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Lesson 4

Estimemos y midamos en centímetros

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Activity Narrative

Launch

Activity

Student Response

Advancing Student Thinking

Activity Synthesis

Activity 1

Standards Alignment

Building On

Addressing

2.MD.A.3

Building Toward

Instructional Routines

Materials

To Gather

Activity Narrative

Launch

Activity

Student Response

Advancing Student Thinking

Activity Synthesis

Activity 2

Standards Alignment

Building On

Addressing

2.MD.A.1

2.MD.A.3

Building Toward

Instructional Routines

Materials

To Gather

Activity Narrative

Launch

Activity

Activity Synthesis

Lesson Synthesis

Standards Alignment

Building On

Addressing

Building Toward

2.MD.A.1

Student Response

Advancing Student Thinking