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Episode 66 | Math Lessons
6/21/2021 | 28m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers.
The first lesson (aimed at 3rd graders) teaches learners to recognize and draw examples and non-examples of types of quadrilaterals. The second lesson (aimed at PreK-K) teaches early learners how to describe an object’s measurable attributes. Classroom Connection is your At-Home Learning companion where children love to learn. All lessons are led by NC educators.
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Episode 66 | Math Lessons
6/21/2021 | 28m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
The first lesson (aimed at 3rd graders) teaches learners to recognize and draw examples and non-examples of types of quadrilaterals. The second lesson (aimed at PreK-K) teaches early learners how to describe an object’s measurable attributes. Classroom Connection is your At-Home Learning companion where children love to learn. All lessons are led by NC educators.
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Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 45s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 45s)
Video has Closed Captions
Math lessons for early learners, led by NC teachers. (28m 46s)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[cheerful upbeat music] ♪ YO, WHERE MY SUPER LEARNERS AT?
IT'S ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN THE PLACE TO LEARN AND PLAY, AND BOY, DO I HAVE AN EXCITING DAY FOR YOU TODAY.
LOOK, WHO'S READY?
BECAUSE I KNOW I AM.
WHY?
BECAUSE LEARNING IS FUN-DAMENTAL.
SO, IT'S TIME TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF FUN TO THAT MENTAL WITH TODAY'S CLASSROOM CONNECTION.
Y'ALL READY FOR SOME LEARNING?
HUH.
LET'S GET IT.
♪ HI, MATHEMATICIANS.
MY NAME IS MS. NABORS, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO LEARN WITH YOU TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE A RIDDLE.
THIS RIDDLE INVOLVES SHAPES.
BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT SHAPES.
WHISPER IT TO ME.
I'M LISTENING.
HMM, THAT'S INTERESTING.
I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THE NAMES OF SHAPES SUCH AS CIRCLES, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, HEXAGON.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
CIRCLES, SQUARES, TRIANGLES AND HEXAGONS ARE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHAPES.
OH, WAIT, I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE.
WHAT'S THAT?
OH, SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT OBJECTS THAT THEY SEE IN THEIR HOUSE OR OUTSIDE ARE SHAPES.
FOR EXAMPLE, A STOP SIGN IS MADE IN THE SHAPE OF AN OCTAGON, AND A CLOCK CAN BE MADE IN THE SHAPE OF A CIRCLE.
I AGREE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I SEE THAT THE RUG ON MY FLOOR IS IN THE SHAPE OF A RECTANGLE.
WOW!
NOW IT'S EVERYWHERE.
OOH, I HEARD ANOTHER PERSON SAY THAT THEY KNOW THAT SOME SHAPES HAVE SIDES, AND THAT THE NUMBER OF SIDES SOME SHAPES HAVE ARE DIFFERENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, SQUARES AND RECTANGLES HAVE 4 SIDES, TRIANGLES HAVE 3 SIDES, AND CIRCLES... WELL, CIRCLES HAVE NO SIDES.
WOW!
YOU ALREADY KNEW A LOT ABOUT SHAPES.
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR THINKING WITH ME.
AND ALL OF THIS KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU SHARED WILL BE SUPER HELPFUL WITH OUR RIDDLE TODAY.
WE KNOW THAT OUR RIDDLE TODAY IS ABOUT SHAPES, AND I HAVE SOME CLUES TO HELP US SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND SOME PICTURES OF SHAPES THAT WE WILL WORK WITH IN OUR RIDDLE.
LET'S START BY LOOKING AT THE PICTURES OF THE SHAPES FIRST.
WHAT DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE SHAPES?
HMM.
THAT'S TRUE.
SOMEONE SAID THAT THEY COUNTED 6 SHAPES.
THAT'S TRUE.
I ALSO COUNT 6 SHAPES.
WAIT.
I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE... OH, THAT'S TRUE AS WELL.
SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT THE SHAPES ARE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
THEY ARE.
HMM.
I'M WONDERING, DO YOU KNOW THE NAMES OF ANY OF THESE SHAPES?
OH, I HEARD A LOT OF RESPONSES ON THAT QUESTION.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN REPEAT WHAT I HEARD A FEW PEOPLE SAY.
SOMEONE SAID THAT THEY SEE A TRIANGLE.
DO YOU AGREE?
YES, I AGREE THERE IS A TRIANGLE THERE.
SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT THEY SEE A SQUARE.
DO YOU SEE THAT, TOO?
ME TOO.
I DEFINITELY SEE A SQUARE.
WHAT'S THAT?
YOU SEE A CIRCLE, TOO?
I'M IMPRESSED.
HOW ABOUT THAT YELLOW SHAPE?
DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THAT ONE?
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S CALLED A "RHOMBUS."
VERY GOOD.
WHAT IF I ASKED YOU TO NAME SOME ATTRIBUTES OF THE SHAPES?
ATTRIBUTES ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SHAPE.
FOR EXAMPLE, A SQUARE HAS 4 SIDES.
NOW THAT WE'VE DEFINED WHAT AN ATTRIBUTE IS, CAN YOU HELP ME NAME SOME ATTRIBUTES OF THESE SHAPES?
GOOD THINKING.
I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT A TRIANGLE HAS 3 SIDES.
THAT'S RIGHT.
I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE SAY THAT A RECTANGLE HAS 4 SIDES.
AWESOME!
OH!
I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE SAY THAT THERE ARE SOME SHAPES THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE ABOUT YET.
THAT'S OKAY.
OUR CLUES WILL HELP US LEARN ABOUT THESE SHAPES AND SOLVE THE RIDDLE TOGETHER.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ATTRIBUTES OF SHAPES AND WHAT MAKES A SHAPE THAT PARTICULAR KIND OF SHAPE.
I HOPE THAT YOU'LL HAVE FUN LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN TELL SHAPES APART AND SORT THEM.
WHEN WE SORT THINGS, WE'RE PUTTING THEM INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ACCORDING TO SOME ATTRIBUTE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SHAPES WE LOOKED AT JUST NOW, WE COULD SORT THEM BY COLOR, NUMBER OF SIDES, OR EVEN BY THE ONES WE CAN FIND AROUND US.
WHEN WE WORK ON SOLVING OUR RIDDLE, WE WILL ELIMINATE SHAPES THAT DO NOT MATCH OUR CLUES.
ARE YOU READY TO HELP ME FIGURE OUT MY RIDDLE?
GREAT.
LET'S LOOK AT CLUE 1.
OKAY, HERE IT IS.
LISTEN CAREFULLY.
OH, I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT A POLYGON IS.
I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT.
WHAT'S THAT?
OH, YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT I MEAN BY "CLOSED SHAPE"?
OKAY.
IF A SHAPE IS CLOSED, THAT MEANS 2 THINGS: 1, ALL OF ITS SIDES MEET AT A VERTEX OR A POINT WHERE 2 SIDES CONNECT, OR MEET, AND 2, THE SHAPE HAS NO OPEN SPACE OR GAPS.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR SHAPES AGAIN.
DO YOU SEE ANY SHAPES THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE?
THAT IS, DO YOU SEE ANY SHAPES THAT ARE NOT POLYGONS?
I SEE 2.
THE BRIGHT BLUE SHAPE DOES NOT MATCH OUR CLUE.
THIS SHAPE IS NOT A POLYGON, BECAUSE IT IS NOT CLOSED.
WE CAN SAY THAT THE SHAPE IS OPEN BECAUSE WE CAN SEE A GAP.
THE FUCHSIA CIRCLE ALSO DOES NOT MATCH OUR CLUE.
A SIDE ON A SHAPE HAS TO BE A STRAIGHT LINE SEGMENT.
A CIRCLE DOES NOT HAVE SIDES, BECAUSE IT'S CURVED.
SO, THE BLUE SHAPE IS NOT A POLYGON.
OH, WHAT'S THAT?
OH, THAT IS TRUE.
SOMEONE SAID THAT THIS ALSO MEANS THAT THE BRIGHT BLUE SHAPE IS ALSO NOT A POLYGON, BECAUSE IT HAS CURVES, WHICH ARE NOT SIDES.
GREAT THINKING!
SO FAR, WE HAVE ELIMINATED 2 SHAPES WITH JUST 1 CLUE.
WE'RE CLOSER TO SOLVING THE RIDDLE.
SO LET'S LOOK AT CLUE NUMBER 2.
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD "QUADRILATERAL" HAS "QUAD" IN IT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
HERE'S A HINT.
"QUAD" TELLS US HOW MANY SIDES THE SHAPE HAS.
HOW MANY DO YOU THINK "QUAD" MEANS?
HOLD UP YOUR FINGERS AND SHOW ME.
THAT'S RIGHT, "QUAD" MEANS 4.
SO, A QUADRILATERAL IS A 4-SIDED SHAPE.
A QUADRILATERAL ALSO HAS 4 ANGLES.
ARE YOU WONDERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN A SIDE OF A SHAPE AND AN ANGLE WITHIN A SHAPE?
WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IS ONE OF THE SHAPES WE'RE LOOKING AT TO SOLVE OUR RIDDLE.
HERE ARE THIS SHAPE'S SIDES.
AND HERE ARE ITS ANGLES.
LET'S LOOK AT THE SHAPES WE HAVE REMAINING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON SOLVING OUR RIDDLE.
ARE YOU READY?
ME TOO.
LET'S GO.
HERE ARE THE SHAPES THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO WORK WITH.
CAN WE ELIMINATE ANY OF THESE SHAPES?
WHICH SHAPE IS NOT A QUADRILATERAL?
WHICH SHAPE DOES NOT HAVE 4 SIDES?
OH, GOOD THINKING.
I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT THE TRIANGLE IS NOT A QUADRILATERAL.
WHY NOT?
HOW MANY SIDES DOES A TRIANGLE HAVE?
SHOW ME ON YOUR FINGERS.
CORRECT.
A TRIANGLE ONLY HAS 3 SIDES, AND A QUADRILATERAL HAS TO HAVE 4 SIDES.
NO MORE AND NO LESS.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER.
ONE MORE SHAPE ELIMINATED, AND 2 CLUES TO GO.
LET'S LOOK AT CLUE 3.
HMM.
WONDER WHAT "EQUAL SIDES" MEANS.
DO YOU KNOW?
WHISPER IT TO ME.
THAT'S RIGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT THE SHAPES AGAIN.
WHICH SHAPE DOES NOT HAVE 4 EQUAL SIDES?
DID YOU SAY THE RECTANGLE?
YES.
A RECTANGLE HAS OPPOSITE SIDES THAT ARE EQUAL.
OPPOSITE SIDES ARE ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER.
WE CAN SEE 2 OF THE RECTANGLE SIDES MEASURE 2 UNITS AND 2 OF ITS SIDES MEASURE 1 UNIT.
THOSE 2 PAIRS OF SIDES ARE EQUAL TO EACH OTHER, BUT THE CLUE SAYS THE SHAPE HAS 4 EQUAL SIDES, SO WE CAN ELIMINATE THE RECTANGLE.
ALMOST DONE.
LET'S LOOK AT THE LAST CLUE.
A RIGHT ANGLE'S ALSO CALLED A "SQUARE CORNER."
WHICH SHAPE DOES NOT HAVE RIGHT ANGLES?
YEAH.
THE RHOMBUS DOES NOT HAVE RIGHT ANGLES, SO WE CAN ELIMINATE IT.
THAT MEANS WE SOLVED THE RIDDLE.
THE SHAPE WAS A SQUARE.
HMM.
THIS SQUARE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A SQUARE I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
HOW CAN WE BE SURE THIS SHAPE IS A SQUARE?
WHAT MAKES A SHAPE A SQUARE?
WELL, A SQUARE HAS 2 CHARACTERISTICS: 4 EQUAL SIDES AND 4 RIGHT ANGLES.
REMEMBER...
SO, WE KNOW THAT THIS SHAPE IS A SQUARE BECAUSE EACH SIDE MEASURES 4 UNITS LONG, MEANING ALL OF THE SIDES ARE EQUAL.
WE CAN ALSO SEE 4 RIGHT ANGLES.
ALTHOUGH THE SQUARE MAY NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT WE USUALLY THINK OF WHEN WE THINK OF A SQUARE, WE KNOW IT IS ONE, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE IT HAS 4 EQUAL SIDES AND 4 RIGHT ANGLES.
IN MATH, DIFFERENT AMOUNTS CAN BE REPRESENTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN MAKE 10 IN MANY WAYS.
WE CAN COMBINE 4 AND 6, 7 AND 3, 5 AND 5, 8 AND 2, AND 9 AND 1.
ALL OF THOSE SHOW THE SAME AMOUNT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE SAME APPLIES TO SHAPES.
JUST LIKE THERE'S NOT ONE WAY A NUMBER CAN LOOK OR BE MADE, THAT'S TRUE FOR SHAPES.
AS LONG AS THE CHARACTERISTICS ARE THE SAME, THE POSITION OR ROTATION OF THE SHAPE DOES NOT MEAN IT'S NO LONGER THAT SHAPE.
JUST BECAUSE THE SQUARE WE LOOKED AT HAD BEEN ROTATED DOESN'T MEAN IT WASN'T A SQUARE.
IT STILL HAS 4 EQUAL SIDES AND 4 RIGHT ANGLES.
SO, IT'S STILL A SQUARE.
LOOK AT THESE TRIANGLES.
THESE SHAPES ARE ALL TRIANGLES, BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE 3 SIDES AND 3 VERTICES.
JUST BECAUSE SOME ARE ROTATED OR TURNED DOES NOT MEAN THEY NO LONGER ARE A TRIANGLE ANYMORE.
IN MATH, IT'S VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT TO NOT JUST THINK ONE WAY.
WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE IN OUR THINKING AND DEVELOP OUR KNOWLEDGE.
SINCE WE SOLVED THAT LAST RIDDLE SO FAST, LET'S SOLVE ONE MORE TOGETHER TO BUILD OUR KNOWLEDGE OF SHAPES.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 2 CLUES AND SHOW YOU 3 SHAPES.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH OF THESE SHAPES IS THE SHAPE I'M THINKING OF.
CLUE NUMBER 1...
THINK ABOUT WHAT SHAPE YOU CAN ELIMINATE.
WHAT WAS A QUADRILATERAL AGAIN?
A QUADRILATERAL IS A CLOSED SHAPE WITH 4 SIDES.
WE CAN ELIMINATE THE THIRD SHAPE BECAUSE IT HAS 5 SIDES.
THIS SHAPE'S CALLED A PENTAGON.
REMEMBER, A QUADRILATERAL CAN ONLY HAVE 4 SIDES, NO MORE AND NO LESS.
1 CLUE DOWN, 2 SHAPES LEFT.
CLUE NUMBER 2...
REMEMBER, A PAIR MEANS SOMETHING THAT MATCHES.
WHICH SHAPE HAS 2 PAIRS OF EQUAL SIDES?
THE MIDDLE SHAPE, CALLED A TRAPEZOID, HAS 1 PAIR OF EQUAL SIDES, BECAUSE 2 OF ITS SIDES ARE EQUAL, THOSE MEASURING 4 UNITS.
BUT THE TOP AND BOTTOM ARE NOT EQUAL MEASURES.
THE RECTANGLE'S THE ONLY OPTION LEFT.
THE RECTANGLE DOES HAVE 2 PAIRS OF EQUAL SIDES.
2 SIDES MEASURE 3 UNITS, AND 2 SIDES MEASURE 2 UNITS, MEANING THOSE SETS OF SIDES ARE EQUAL.
NICE THINKING.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME SOLVE THE FIRST RIDDLE, AND EXCELLENT THINKING WITH THE SECOND RIDDLE.
LOOK AROUND IN YOUR HOUSE OR ENVIRONMENT.
CAN YOU FIND EXAMPLES OF RECTANGLES?
POINT OUT A FEW TO A FRIEND OR A TRUSTED ADULT.
TELL THEM HOW YOU KNOW THEY'RE RECTANGLES.
TODAY, WE WERE ABLE TO SOLVE THE RIDDLE TOGETHER BY LEARNING ABOUT POLYGONS AND QUADRILATERALS.
SOME QUADRILATERALS INCLUDE SQUARES, RECTANGLES, AND RHOMBI.
TRIANGLES ARE POLYGONS BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSED, MEANING ALL SIDES MEET AT A VERTEX.
A TRIANGLE IS NOT A QUADRILATERAL, THOUGH, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE 4 SIDES.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT... WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ITS ATTRIBUTES OR CHARACTERISTICS.
JUST BECAUSE A SHAPE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WHAT WE THINK IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT THAT SHAPE.
KNOWING THOSE THINGS ABOUT A SHAPE HELPS US TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHAPES IN A SPECIFIC WAY.
NOW THAT YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT SHAPES, MAYBE YOU CAN CREATE A RIDDLE FOR SOMEONE ELSE AND SEE IF THEY CAN SOLVE IT.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
ALL THIS LEARNING IS MAKING MY BRAIN GROW.
LET'S CHECK OUT THE NEXT VIDEO THAT WILL MAKE YOUR HEART BIGGER, TOO.
I LOVE ANIMALS.
TODAY'S AFFIRMATION IS: "I AM PEACEFUL, WHOLE, AND BALANCED."
SAY IT WITH ME.
"I AM PEACEFUL, WHOLE, AND BALANCED."
I AM PEACEFUL, WHOLE, AND BALANCED.
I AM PEACEFUL, WHOLE, AND BALANCED.
THAT WAS DOPE.
DID Y'ALL LIKE THAT?
THAT WAS SO COOL.
THANK GOODNESS FOR THIS TIME RIGHT AT HOME.
LOOK, CAN'T STOP NOW.
CHECK OUT WHAT WE GOT NEXT.
♪ HELLO, SUPER LEARNERS.
I'M MS. L., AND I AM SO GLAD YOU'RE JOINING ME TODAY.
ARE YOU READY FOR A MATH ADVENTURE?
WELL, LET'S GET STARTED WITH A SONG.
READY?
♪ HELLO, SUPER LEARNERS HOW ARE YOU?
♪ ♪ HELLO, SUPER LEARNERS HOW ARE YOU?
♪ ♪ I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY ♪ ♪ AND I HOPE YOU FEEL THE SAME ♪ ♪ HELLO, SUPER LEARNERS HOW ARE YOU?
♪ I FEEL SO GREAT TODAY, AND I REALLY HOPE YOU DO TOO.
YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S TIME FOR SOME MATH POWER WARM-UPS.
COUNTING TO 20.
ARE YOU READY?
HERE WE GO.
READY?
[sings to tune of "Frère Jacques"] ♪ THAT WAS FUN ♪ AWESOME JOB.
NOW, LET'S COUNT TO 10... TO 20, ACTUALLY, ONE MORE TIME.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO SNAP COUNT, OKAY?
WE'RE COUNTING TO 20 WHILE SNAPPING.
[snapping] LET'S KEEP GOING.
YES, SUPER LEARNERS ARE THE BEST!
GREAT JOB, SUPER LEARNERS!
I'M GETTING WARMED UP.
I HOPE YOU ARE, TOO.
HOW ABOUT ONE MORE TIME COUNTING TO 20, BUT THIS TIME, LET'S DO IT IN SPANISH.
READY?
UNO, DOS, TRES, CUATRO, CINCO, SEIS, SIETE, OCHO, NUEVE... DIEZ, ONCE, DOCE, TRECE, CATORCE, QUINCE, DIECISÉIS, DIECISIETE, DIECIOCHO, DIECINUEVE.
i¡VEINTE!
WE MADE IT TO 20!
AWESOME JOB.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COUNTED TO 20 THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.
NOW, IT'S TIME TO REVIEW OUR COLORS.
LET'S SAY THEM IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
OKAY?
READY?
ROJO, RED.
NARANJA, ORANGE.
AMARILLO, YELLOW.
VERDE, GREEN.
AZUL, BLUE.
MORADO, PURPLE.
CAFÉ, BROWN.
NEGRO, BLACK.
BLANCO, WHITE.
GRIS, GRAY.
LOOK FOR THESE COLORS IN THE WORLD TODAY!
WOW!
WE DID THAT IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
SO, WE HAVE ONE MORE WARM-UP.
LET'S PLAY THE SHAPES GAME.
CAN YOU HELP ME?
YOU'LL SEE A SHAPE, AND THEN YOU SAY ITS NAME.
AND YOU CAN SAY IT IN ENGLISH OR IN SPANISH.
HERE WE GO.
CUADRADO, SQUARE.
CÍRCULO, CIRCLE.
TRIÁNGULO, TRIANGLE.
RECTÁNGULO, RECTANGLE.
ROMBO, RHOMBUS.
TRAPEZOIDE, TRAPEZOID.
HEXÁGONO, HEXAGON.
CUBO, CUBE.
CONO, CONE.
CILINDRO, CYLINDER.
ESFERA, SPHERE.
WOW!
WE DID ALL OF OUR SHAPES.
ARE YOU ALL WARMED UP?
I AM.
THEN IT'S TIME FOR OUR MATH MISSION OF THE DAY!
AWESOME!
WE'RE GONNA CHECK IN WITH SPARKLES THE FISH TO SEE WHAT OUR MISSION IS TODAY.
LET'S SEE.
[gasps] SPARKLES.
THERE YOU ARE.
WHAT MISSION DO YOU HAVE FOR US?
[bubbling] OH, I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT.
LET'S SEE WHAT OUR MATH MISSION IS.
WOW, OKAY.
THIS SAYS... OH, MY GOODNESS, IT'S SPARKLES' BIRTHDAY.
WOW, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SPARKLES!
WELL, SUPER LEARNERS, I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS.
WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THIS MISSION, AND I KNOW WE CAN PLAN THE PERFECT PARTY FOR SPARKLES.
WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR CAPES ON AND GET READY.
LET ME GRAB MY CAPE.
CAN YOU PUT YOUR INVISIBLE CAPE ON?
LET'S SEE.
I LOVE MY CAPE.
EVERY TIME I WEAR THIS CAPE, I FEEL LIKE I CAN DO ANY MATH MISSION, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR HELP.
READY?
CAPE'S ON.
MATH POWER UP.
LET'S GO.
WELL, HEY, HERE'S OUR FIRST MISSION.
COME IN AND LOOK CLOSER.
THIS ASKS THAT WE FIND THE PERFECT BIRTHDAY BANNER FOR SPARKLES' TANK.
HERE WE HAVE 3 BANNERS THAT SAY "HAPPY BIRTHDAY."
EACH BANNER IS BEAUTIFULLY DIFFERENT.
WILL YOU HELP ME CHOOSE THE PERFECT BANNER FOR SPARKLES' TANK?
GREAT!
THANK YOU.
SO, I WONDER, WHICH ONE SHOULD WE CHOOSE?
HMM.
WE DON'T WANT ONE THAT'S TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL.
WE CAN COMPARE THE BANNERS TO HELP US DECIDE WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR SPARKLES' BIRTHDAY.
WE HAVE 3 DIFFERENT SIZES, AND DIFFERENT COLORS.
SPARKLES SHARED WITH US THAT IN OUR MISSION, WE WOULD BE USING OUR MATH POWERS TO MEASURE.
SO, I WONDER WHAT WE CAN MEASURE HERE, HMM, TO HELP US CHOOSE THE BEST BANNER.
[clicks tongue] I KNOW!
WE CAN MEASURE THE DIFFERENT...
COLORS?
NO, NO, NO.
WE CANNOT MEASURE COLORS.
BUT WE CAN MEASURE THEIR SIZES.
WE CAN MEASURE THE SIZE OF THE BANNERS.
WE CAN COMPARE THE BANNERS TO MEASURE WHICH BANNER IS THE RIGHT SIZE.
WE DON'T WANT ONE THAT'S TOO LONG.
WE NEED ONE TO FIT PERFECTLY, A SPARKLES-SIZE BANNER, ONE THAT'S SMALL.
SO, AN EASY WAY TO MEASURE IS TO ACTUALLY LINE UP THE ENDS OF OBJECTS.
THIS WAY, WE CAN HAVE AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF WHICH ONE IS THE SHORTEST AND WHICH ONE IS THE LONGEST.
SO, LET'S LINE UP THE ENDS OF OUR BANNERS, OKAY?
LET'S LINE THEM UP.
WE'LL HAVE OUR END POINT RIGHT HERE.
SO, WE NEED THEM ALL TO LINE UP TOGETHER.
SEE HOW THIS ONE STARTS HERE?
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE.
AND THEN, HERE'S THE NEXT ONE.
HERE'S BANNER "A," BANNER "B," AND BANNER "C." NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR BANNERS LINED UP, WE CAN SEE WHICH BANNER WOULD MEASURE TO BE THE SHORTEST.
WE WANT ONE SHORT AND SMALL FOR SPARKLES.
SO, SUPER LEARNERS, WHICH LOOKS TO BE THE SHORTEST BANNER?
DO YOU THINK IT'S BANNER "A," "B," OR "C"?
WHICH ONE IS THE SHORTEST?
[gasps] IT'S "B," YOU'RE RIGHT!
BANNER "B" IS THE SHORTEST.
LET'S SEE HOW BANNER "B" LOOKS ON SPARKLES' TANK.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT SIZE.
[gasps] OH, MY GOODNESS, SPARKLES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR BIRTHDAY BANNER?
[bubbles] I LOVE IT, TOO, IT LOOKS PERFECT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
SUPER LEARNERS, WE COMPARATIVELY MEASURED EACH OF THE BANNERS, WE COMPARED THEM TO EACH OTHER.
WE DID IT.
AWESOME JOB.
OUR MATH MISSION NEXT IS TO COMPARE AGAIN AND MEASURE.
AND, ACTUALLY, THIS ONE IS TO CHOOSE A SURPRISE GIFT FOR SPARKLES.
SO, I HAVE A SURPRISE GIFT IN MIND, BUT I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP FIGURING OUT WHICH BOX I SHOULD USE.
EACH BOX IS DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT PATTERNS, DIFFERENT SIZES.
WE SEE THAT THIS ONE HAS POLKA DOTS, AND THIS ONE HAS STRIPES.
BUT BOTH BOXES ARE CUBES.
HMM.
LET'S USE OUR MATH POWERS TO MEASURE THESE BOXES AND CHOOSE THE BEST ONE FOR SPARKLES.
REMEMBER FROM EARLIER, WE LEARNED THAT WE CAN MEASURE SOME THINGS BUT NOT EVERYTHING.
SO, I WONDER WHAT WE CAN MEASURE HERE TO HELP US CHOOSE THE BEST BOX.
[clicks tongue] [gasps] YES!
WE CAN COMPARE AND MEASURE THE SIZES, LIKE WE DID FOR THE BANNERS.
WE CAN COMPARE THE SIZES OF THE BOXES.
SO LET'S SEE WHICH ONE IS BIG AND WHICH ONE IS SMALL.
WE KNOW AN EASY WAY TO MEASURE IS TO LINE UP THE ENDS OF OBJECTS.
THIS WAY, WE HAVE AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF WHICH ONE IS TALL AND WHICH ONE IS SHORT.
SO, WE'LL BEGIN BY PLACING THESE SIDE BY SIDE ON THE TABLE.
OH, NOW THEY'RE ON THE SAME LEVEL, SO WE CAN SEE NOW WHICH ONE IS TALL AND WHICH IS SHORT.
SO, CAN YOU, SUPER LEARNER?
CAN YOU POINT TO THE TALL BOX?
WHICH ONE LOOKS TO BE TALL?
AND NOW, CAN YOU POINT TO THE SHORT BOX?
WHICH ONE LOOKS TO BE SHORT TO YOU?
YES!
THIS ONE IS THE TALL ONE, AND THIS ONE IS THE SHORT ONE.
[laughs] AWESOME JOB!
PUTTING THEM ON THE SAME LEVEL ALLOWS US TO SEE WHICH ONE IS TALL AND WHICH IS SHORT.
SO, NOW, MY QUESTION IS, WHICH SHOULD WE GIVE TO SPARKLES?
I'M GOING TO MAKE A GIFT AND PUT IT INSIDE.
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD PUT THE GIFT IN THE BIG ONE OR THE SMALL ONE?
[gasps] I THINK THE BIG ONE, TOO!
I LOVE THE BIG POLKA DOTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
I THINK WE HAVE COMPLETED THIS MISSION, BUT FIRST, WE NEED TO CHECK BACK WITH SPARKLES.
LET'S SEE, SPARKLES.
HAVE WE COMPLETED THE MISSION?
[bubbling] WE DID?
AWESOME!
WE COMPLETED THE MISSION.
WE USED OUR MATH TOOLS TO OBSERVE AND MEASURE AND PLAN THE PERFECT PARTY!
NOW IT'S TIME TO SET EVERYTHING UP.
ALL RIGHT-- OUR BANNER, PERFECT.
THANKS TO YOU, SUPER LEARNERS.
AND NOW, LET'S BRING OVER OUR BOX.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE POLKA DOTS, SPARKLES?
SPARKLES LOVES THE BIG POLKA DOTS.
THANK YOU, SUPER LEARNERS, FOR HELPING MAKE SPARKLES' BIRTHDAY SO SPECIAL.
YOU USED YOUR MATH POWERS, AND YOU COMPLETED THE MISSION.
SO, NOW, WHAT IS IT TIME TO DO?
REVIEW, REVIEW, THAT'S RIGHT.
LET'S LOOK BACK.
WE CAN NOW COMPARE, AND NOW, WE CAN DESCRIBE MEASURABLE ATTRIBUTES OF OBJECTS, LIKE "TALL" AND "SHORT."
WE CAN USE MEASUREMENT WORDS TO DESCRIBE THINGS, LIKE "HEAVY," "LIGHT," "LONG," "TALL," "SHORT," "BIG," "SMALL."
THERE ARE SO MANY WORDS WE CAN USE.
SO, PRACTICE COMPARING OBJECTS AND USING THESE WORDS TODAY TO DESCRIBE OBJECTS IN THE WORLD AROUND YOU.
YOU CAN SHARE YOUR MATH POWER BY SHOWING IT TO SOMEONE.
THANK YOU, SUPER LEARNERS, FOR GOING ON A MATH MISSION WITH ME TODAY.
AND SPARKLES THANKS YOU, TOO.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SPARKLES.
REMEMBER, SUPER LEARNERS, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BE SUPER AT MATH.
ADIÓS.
BYE!
WHAT A COOL MATH LESSON.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT LESSON.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, THEY SAY.
BUT, REALLY, I JUST LIKE GETTING BETTER ONE DAY AT A TIME.
EACH DAY IS A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW, AND I'M GLAD WE GOT TO DO IT TOGETHER.
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