| Activity Outcome | Choosing appropriate tools and strategies for measuring and comparing foot sizes. Using small numbers in a personal context. |
| MTS Set | 1
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| NSW Curriculum | NS1 Whole Numbers |
| Topics | Understand Whole Numbers
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| Keywords | Personal Context, Number Sense, Count |
| Grouping | Independent |
| Resources | Not applicable |
| Lesson Notes | - Brainstorm for ideas from the children: "We can measure around our feet and cut them out and see which is the biggest." We can use our shoes." We can put our feet together to see which is the biggest."...
- Children draw pictures on the worksheet to show how they will answer the question at home.
- Advise parents to listen to, and use, their child's ideas for solving the problem.
- Provide children with the opportunity to describe their findings within the whole class group or in small groups.
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| Reflections | Ask: What else could me measure in our family to find the biggest? What about the smallest? Longest? Shortest?
Heaviest? Lightest?...
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| Integration Links | Health: Taking care of our feet. Investigate the different shapes of shoes for different purposes.
T&E/Science: What materials are used in shoes? How materials were used to make shoes a long time ago? What materials could we use to make a shoe at school? How are most shoes the same? How might they be different?...
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| Internet Links | http://www.centuryinshoes.com/intro.html Contains pictures of shoe styles across the 20th century.
http://www.etnies.com/ A 'cool' site for kids to look at the range of different shoes and styles available.
http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/non.html Pictures of shoe styles throughout history.
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| Answers | Answers will vary. |
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