Book Summary
Lisa and Magda are pen pals, and through this cleverly written text, the reader learns the difference between the measurement systems of the United States and Canada. The characters of Lisa and Magda illustrate height, weight, temperature, capacity, and distance in both metric and English units.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
• Compare and contrast
• Recognize different types of sentences
• Understand the use of measurement words

Materials

• Book -- How We Measure (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Index cards
• Ask and answer questions, compare and contrast, sentence types, vocabulary worksheets

   Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: distance, English, height, measure, metric, system, tall, temperature, weighs