Comparing Lengths and Weights

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📚 Part 1: WALT & Multiple Choice

WALT: We Are Learning To compare two objects by length and mass and use words like longer, shorter, heavier, lighter.

Success criteria: I can say which object is longer or shorter and which is heavier or lighter. I can use the words longer, shorter, heavier, lighter.

1. Which pencil is longer?

Red pencil — 12 cm

Blue pencil — 9 cm

2. Which is heavier?

Feather — 5 g

Small stone — 200 g

3. Which rope is shorter?

Rope A — 1.0 m

Rope B — 1.5 m

4. Which jar holds more water?

Small jar — 100 ml

Large jar — 250 ml

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Activity

5. Put these pencils in order from shortest to longest: Pencil A 8 cm, Pencil B 12 cm, Pencil C 10 cm.

6. I put two bags on a balance. Bag 1 goes down and Bag 2 goes up. Which bag is heavier? Use the words heavier or lighter to explain.

7. Look at two ribbons. Draw a line to show which ribbon is longer. Then write the word that tells us which is longer: ____________

8. Extension (for advanced learners): Here are three toy cars. Car X weighs 120 g, Car Y weighs 90 g, Car Z weighs 150 g. Order them from lightest to heaviest and explain your order in one sentence.

Extra challenge for the teacher: Ask learners who finish early to compare three classroom objects using blocks as units (e.g., "This pencil is 6 blocks long, this one is 4 blocks long") and tell a partner which is longest and which is shortest.