Measuring and estimating how tall your teachers are using hands and working with silhouettes

1. Measure how tallMeasure how tall
all your teachersall your teachers
areare Comenius ProjectComenius Project::
““Marvellous Maths: Learning through investigation”Marvellous Maths: Learning through investigation”
Ceip Juan Lorenzo PalmirenoCeip Juan Lorenzo Palmireno
Laura Giner GascónLaura Giner Gascón

2. 3rd Year Primary Students want to know
How tall their teachers are and…
who is the tallest and who is the shortest?
 So, first of all, Children count the teachers they
have for each subject.
Spanish Language, Arts, Social Science and Maths: Héctor G
Natural Science: Marta H
Religion: Pili P
Physical Education: Bea A
Music: Carmen J
Literacy: Laura G
 They realise they have 6 teachers so we split the
class into 6 groups to work using a Cooperative
learning structure (giving each of them a
different role)

3. Each group has to
complete the
information required
estimating and using
their hands. Finally
they will be able to
use a tape measure.
Let´s see the
process…

4. Using theirUsing their
hands tohands to
measuremeasure

5. Drawing theirDrawing their silhouettesilhouette
to see how tall theyto see how tall they
areare

6. Drawing details…Drawing details…

8. Painting …Painting …

10. Each group with theirEach group with their
silhouettesilhouette

11. Posing…Posing…
Sihlouette versusSihlouette versus
teacherteacher

12. Time to measure ourTime to measure our
silhouettes with… a tapesilhouettes with… a tape
measuremeasure

13. Finally weFinally we
decide who isdecide who is
the tallest andthe tallest and
who is thewho is the
shortestshortest
They put inThey put in
order from theorder from the
shortest to theshortest to the
tallesttallest