Five pages about capacity, how much a container holds. Page 1 shows six pairs of containers, like a cup and a bucket or a bathtub and a sink, and children circle the one that holds more. Page 2 asks for the one that holds less. On page 3 the same glass, jar, fish tank and pitcher are drawn full, half full and empty, and children circle the word that fits. Page 4 shows how many cups of water fill each container; children count the cups and write the number. On page 5 they write 1, 2 and 3 under three containers, from the one that holds the least to the one that holds the most. The first row is a worked example.
Start at a water table or with dry rice: fill a cup and pour it into a bowl, and ask which holds more. Fill a clear cup all the way, halfway and not at all to show full, half full and empty before page 3. For page 4, pour cups of water into a pitcher together and count them out loud.
At bath time or in the kitchen, ask which holds more: the cup or the pot, the spoon or the bowl? Pour water from a cup into a bigger container and count the cups it takes to fill it.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page capacity pack for kindergarten and 1st grade with big pictures and very few words. Circle the container that holds more, then the one that holds less: a cup or a bucket, a bathtub or a sink. Circle full, half full or empty for glasses, jars, fish tanks and pitchers, count how many cups of water fill a pitcher or a bucket, and number three containers from holds the least to holds the most. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.
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