Proposal 6: Let’s create our own costumes!
Social organisation
Pairs.
Timing
15 minutes.
Objectives
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Measure distances with a measuring instrument (a measuring tape).
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Use cm. as the conventional measuring unit.
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Recognise the concepts of height and width.
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Know how to measure the human body.
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Produce a short sentence to recall the results of the measurements, both orally and in a written format.
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Work collaboratively with partners.
Content
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Comprehension of simple instructions accompanied by visual supports.
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Writing of words from oral productions.
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Use of verbal and non-verbal resources to communicate with others.
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Relation of symbols, pronunciation and meaning from written models and oral expressions. Intuitive use of decoding.
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Recognition of the magnitude of length.
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Application of the measuring process, by using a unit of measurement (cm.) repeatedly and an appropriate tool (measuring tape).
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Oral description of the measuring process.
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Use of natural numbers to solve measuring problems within meaningful contexts.
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Use of verbal, graphic and symbolic language to represent numbers.
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Collaborative work.
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Structures: my height/width is…
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Vocabulary: Height, width, measuring tape, ruler.
Description
The end of the unit is close, and so is Carnival. Students must get ready for it by creating their own costumes! In order to do so, first they need to measure themselves so to know how much fabric they’ll need. They have to choose between two tools which is the most appropriate one to measure the body, circling the correct option in their worksheets; and then with the help of a partner they have to measure their height and their width, state it orally and in a written format: “My height/ width is… centimetres”.
Material and scaffolding
Flashcard with vocabulary and grammar structures:
Flashcard with instructions:
Attention to diversity
Flashcards with the vocabulary and the grammatical structures are available for students so to be able to make sentences autonomously.
Assessment
Students complete the worksheet in the notebook. When measuring, the teacher will pay especial attention to whether students use the appropriate measuring tool and units or not, and in which way they take the measurements.
Also, they do a self-assessment of whether they liked the activity or not by circling the face that better represents what they feel, and another self-assessment for the understanding of the activity by circling the image that better represents their understanding.
