Seven pages for one unit on measuring length. Page 1 is a pre-check to give before the unit, to see what students already know. Pages 2 and 3 are a review to do together before the test, with a tip on every question. Pages 4 and 5 are the unit test, Form A. Pages 6 and 7 are Form B: the same questions in the same order with different things and lengths, for a retake, a make-up or a second seating. Each form has 11 questions, one point each, and a Score line on its first page.
Give the pre-check on the first day of the unit and sort the class by what they missed. Do the review the day before the test, reading the tips aloud. Question 9 (measuring with an inch ruler) is taught in 1st grade in Florida, Oklahoma and Texas, and questions 10 and 11 (weight on a balance, which holds more) in Indiana, Oklahoma and Virginia: leave out the ones your class does not learn and score out of what is left. Print at 100% (actual size) so the inch rulers measure true inches. The answer keys name each question's skill, so a missed question points to the lesson to reteach.
Use the review as practice before a test at school, or Form B as a check after the unit. Measure things at home with paper clips or blocks, laid end to end with no gaps, and ask which is longer.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A unit test for measuring length in 1st grade: a one-page pre-check, a two-page review with a tip on every question, and the unit test in two forms (A and B) that ask the same questions with different things and lengths. Students circle the longer and the shorter thing, put three things in order from shortest to longest, compare two things with a string, pick the picture measured the right way (no gaps, no overlaps), measure with cubes and with paper clips, and see that a bigger unit means a smaller count. The last three questions are for the states that teach them in 1st grade: measuring with an inch ruler (real size), and comparing weight on a balance and how much containers hold. Answer keys name the skill and standard of every question.
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