Intern Name: Chelsea Rufener

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Nonstandard Units of Measurement

Grade: 1
Length of Lesson: 60 mins
Date Taught: May 28, 2021
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson…
students will participate in a group measuring activity. They will show
Overview understanding of the rules of measuring with nonstandard units of measurement
and estimating.
Standards of 1.10 The student will use nonstandard units to measure and compare length,
weight, and volume.
Learning
Essential Questions
Students will be able to…
- Discover how to use objects as nonstandard units to measure.
Objectives - Make conclusions about why it’s important to use objects of the same
size and shape when measuring.

I can measure objects using nonstandard units of measurement

Learning Target I understand the rules of measuring using nonstandard units of measurements
I can estimate before coming up with my actually answer
Necessary Prior what it means to estimate and how to estimate
Knowledge
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wUsdsae0ro
Materials ● varying shape cutouts (paper, scissors, laminator)
● tape, desk, door, sink
Ask the students how they would measure a football field (ruler, measuring tape
etc.) Then, ask them how they would measure the field (360 feet) if they didn’t
Introduction/Hook have measuring tools. (5 mins)

1. informational video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wUsdsae0ro
- afterwards, recap with the students on the rules of measuring with
nonstandard units of measurement
Instructional 2. station activity
- students will be put in four groups for the four stations set up around the
Activities & room. Each station has different shapes (rectangle, triangle, heart, cloud0
Strategies of different size that they will use as measurements at each station (door,
sink, desk, tape)
- The students will estimate how many shapes it would take to measure
their object. After writing down their estimation, they will use the shapes
to come up with the actual measurment
Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
Key Vocabulary or estimate, actual, height, length
Concepts
I ask the students to tell me the rules of measuring
Assessments I hand out a worksheet asking “estimation” and “actual” for each station
Bring the group back together and ask how close their estimations were to their
Closure Activity actual answers. Recap again the rules of measuring.

Each ESL student was first paired with a first language student before putting
Accommodations them into groups to help assist with vocabulary and understanding

first grade math standards of learning

Resources scratchgarden on youtube

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Chelsea Rufener
Lesson Title (Subecjt/Topc): Nonstandard Units of Measurement
Date of Lesson Taught: May 28, 2021
Cooperating Teacher & School: Ms. Camerino at Cooke Elementary School
Grade: 1
Time of Day: 1:00 pm

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
Once I had an idea of what I wanted to do, I created a google slide presentation with a lesson plan template
to figure out what parts I still needed to include.

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
The SOLs helped me the most by telling me what the students have already learned and where I could begin
my lesson. The students already knew what estimating was so I did not need to go over that

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?

The Youtube video I played for the students was informative as well as engaging and funny. At first I was
nervous that it would be too long to grab their attention but the students as well as Ms. Camerino loved it

4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you began?

Once I got the students into groups, it was difficult getting them to quiet down so I could give instructions.
I know for next time to give instruction beforehand

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

I anticipated the perfect amount of shape cutouts for each station.
Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)
Being I did not get the opportunity to give an assessment, next time I will give the students and exit ticket
asking how close they were with their estimations

7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of
the lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
I think this lesson was fun and informative for the kids. They showed great understanding of the rules to
measuring and the performed that knowledge during the activity.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to it’s success?
I spent hours cutting and laminating and cutting the shapes out for each station. I was lucky that I cut out
the perfect amount for each station. I think the time I put into it really paid off, since the kids seemed to
enjoy it

9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
Given the chance, I would first give the students instructions before sending them into groups. The activity
part worked out great, but our time was unfortunately cut short by PE. I would give myself more time for a
closing activity or discussion so I could wrap up the lesson.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?

I really enjoyed working with my students during this lesson. They were all so kind to me and
even told me I was going to be the best teacher.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)