Lesson Plan Title: Understanding & Reading a Ruler

Objective: Students will be able to read a ruler at the conclusion of this lesson.

Procedure: The students will go to the first two websites listed below until they feel comfortable reading a ruler that is broken down into 16ths.  They will then go to the last website listed, which is interactive, to test their knowledge.  There are four levels (Easy, Medium, Hard, and Super Brain inches) for the students to progress.  To complete this assignment the students must receive a score of 10 out of 10 on all four levels.

Resources:

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/58167.html

The students will use this website to understand how a ruler is broken down into fractions of an inch.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/faq_05.htm

The students will use this website to understand the relationship between the length of the lines and the fraction it represents.

http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/measure/

The students use an interactive website to practice measuring using a ruler.