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The Circus Problem

From Peg + Cat · 2015

The Circus Problem
13 minK1st2ndMath
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Summary

At the circus, Peg and Cat climb, swing, and juggle their way through acts that are all about height and length. Comparing how tall, how long, and how far turns the big top into a hands-on measurement adventure.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

The circus acts are all about height and length.

  1. What does it mean to measure how tall something is?
  2. How could you put three things in order from shortest to tallest?
  3. Which circus act needed the most height? The most length?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: tall, long, height, order.

Try it: Line up three pencils and put them in order from shortest to longest.

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