What this lesson shows
Two pencils with their ends lined up: the blue one is longer, and the red one is shorter.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: pencils, 8 and 4: which is longer. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Line up one end
- Look at the other end
- Farther: longer
- Not as far: shorter
Helping at home
Read each box aloud. Then compare real things: two spoons, two shoes. Your kid lines up one end first, then looks at the other end.
If your kid gets stuck
Line up one end. Look at the other end.
Watch it with Lux
With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.
Standards
- Common Core K.MD.A.2
Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has "more of"/"less of" the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.
Matches standards in 50 statesSee each state's code
- Alabama MA19.K.17
- Alaska K.MD.2
- Arizona K.MD.A.2
- Arkansas K.GM.6
- California K.MD.A.2
- Colorado K.MD.A.2
- Connecticut K.MD.A.2
- Delaware K.MD.A.2
- District of Columbia K.MD.A.2
- Florida MA.K.M.1.2
- Georgia K.MDR.7.1
- Hawaii K.MD.A.2
- Idaho K.MD.A.2
- Illinois K.MD.A.2
- Indiana 1.M.1, K.M.1
- Iowa K.MD.A.2
- Kansas K.MD.2
- Kentucky KY.K.MD.2
- Louisiana K.MD.A.2
- Maine K.MD.A.2
- Maryland K.GR.A.2
- Massachusetts K.MD.A.2
- Michigan K.MD.A.2
- Minnesota K.3.2.1, K.3.2.2
- Mississippi K.MD.2
- Missouri K.GM.A.2
- Montana MT.K.MD.2
- Nebraska K.G.2.b
- Nevada K.MD.A.2
- New Hampshire K.MD.A.2
- New Jersey K.M.A.2
- New Mexico K.MD.A.2
- New York NY-K.MD.2
- North Carolina NC.K.MD.2
- North Dakota K.GM.M.1
- Ohio K.MD.2
- Oklahoma K.GM.2.1, K.GM.2.4, 1.GM.2.5
- Oregon K.GM.C.8
- Pennsylvania CC.2.4.K.A.1
- Rhode Island K.MD.A.2
- South Carolina K.MGSR.1.2
- South Dakota K.MD.A.2
- Tennessee K.MD.A.2
- Texas 111.2.b.7.B
- Utah K.MD.2
- Vermont K.MD.A.2
- Virginia K.MG.1a.i, K.MG.1a.ii, K.MG.1a.iii, K.MG.1a.iv, K.MG.1a.v, 1.MG.1a.ii, 1.MG.1a.iii
- Washington K.MD.A.2
- West Virginia M.K.16
- Wisconsin M.K.MD.A.2