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Lesson 5

Warm-up Activity 1 Activity 2

Unit 3, Lesson 5

Measure in Meters

Grade 2

Warm-up

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Activity 1

The tape pieces on the floor represent the lengths of each reptile.

Measure each reptile. Write the unit.
1. What is the length of the Gila monster?
  
  A: Gila monster
2. What is the length of the baby alligator?
  
  B: baby alligator
3. What is the length of the baby cobra?
  
  C: baby cobra
4. What is the length of the Komodo dragon?
  
  D: Komodo dragon

Activity 2

Measure the length of the Komodo dragon in meters.

D: Komodo dragon
Compare your Komodo dragon measurements in the first activity to the measurements in the second activity. How are they alike? How are they different?
Measure each reptile in centimeters or meters. Write the units.
1. How long is the adult alligator?
  
  E: adult alligator
2. How long is the adult cobra?
  
  F: adult cobra
3. How long is the ribbon snake?
  
  G: ribbon snake

Standards Alignment

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2.NBT.2

Count within 1000; skip-count by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s.

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2.MD.1

Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.

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Standards Alignment

Building On

Addressing

2.MD.1

Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.

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2.MD.2

Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.

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