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The document describes an interactive workbook aimed at improving students' understanding of reading scales. It allows the user to change various aspects of a scale including the starting value, major/mid/minor divisions, units, and value of a line on the scale. Suggested uses in the classroom include having students determine scale values and lengths with values hidden, as well as setting scales for partners to read. The flexible and interactive nature of the workbook is intended to reinforce scale reading skills.

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Start Major Mid Minor 200 ### ### ###: Read Me!

The document describes an interactive workbook aimed at improving students' understanding of reading scales. It allows the user to change various aspects of a scale including the starting value, major/mid/minor divisions, units, and value of a line on the scale. Suggested uses in the classroom include having students determine scale values and lengths with values hidden, as well as setting scales for partners to read. The flexible and interactive nature of the workbook is intended to reinforce scale reading skills.

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Measuring

How it works.

Changing the
scale

Changing the
unit
Changing the
value
Hiding and
showing the
values

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Ideas for use.

Mini
Whiteboards.

Pairs

Measuring
The Measuring workbook is aimed at improving students understanding of reading a variety of scales.

The scale can be changed in a number of ways. The first way is to change the starting value on the scale
by clicking the spinner next to the start value. It can be set to a negative value to look at temperature. Th
the major divisions can also be changed. Click the spinner next to the major value, it can take a variety o
The mid and minor divisions can be set in a similar way.
The units can be changed by highlighting the current units and typing the new unit in.

The value that the blue line shows can be changed by clicking on the spinner next to the value box. The i
depends upon the scale settings.
Each of the values, Start, Major, Mid, Minor and Value can be shown or hidden independently. To do this,
the cell to toggle between show and hide.

This is a list of possible uses in the classroom. The resource has been designed to be flexible and interac
mainly for use on interactive whiteboards, though not exclusively. This list is by no means exhaustive, it is
ideas.
Show the worksheet with all the values hidden. Ask students to write down what the major divisions go up
mid divisions and finally the minor divisions. Then ask them to write down the length of the blue line. Sho
to check, then hide the value number again. Changing the value ask the students to find the length of the
Repeat this, then change the scale and repeat the whole thing again.

In a computer lab, ask the students to open the workbook. Get one student to hide all the values and set
the blue line. The other student is to find the length of the line. The students should check the answer an
over. Alternatively, with all the values hidden, one student asks the other to set the line to a given length.
then swap over. Encourage the students to change the scale inbetween turns for both these activities.

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