Ordering Objects by Length

Zuri and Freddie are going to follow a recipe to make a magic potion. The recipe says they need a carrot, licorice, and a magic peacock feather, but they have to sort and add each ingredient in order based on their length or the recipe won't work. Let's practice "Ordering Objects by Length" to help Zuri and Freddie make their magic potion. When finding the length of an object, ask yourself 'how long is it?'. We can use length to measure an object, such as these building blocks, and we can use length to compare objects. Sometimes we need to compare and order objects based on their length. For example HERE is a blue pencil crayon and a red pencil crayon. What do you notice about the blue pencil crayon compared to the red pencil crayon? The blue pencil crayon is SHORTER than the red one. HERE is a green pencil crayon. What do you notice about the green pencil crayon compared to the blue pencil crayon? The green pencil crayon is LONGER than the blue one. Now, let's look at all three pencil crayons, and put them in order from SHORTEST to LONGEST. Which pencil crayon is the SHORTEST? The blue pencil crayon is the SHORTEST because the other ones are longer, so this pencil crayon is first. Which pencil crayon is next? The green pencil crayon is next because it is LONGER than the blue pencil crayon, but it is SHORTER than the red pencil crayon. Which pencil crayon is the LONGEST? The red pencil crayon is the longest because the other pencil crayons are SHORTER, so this one is last. Now that we've practiced ordering objects by length, let's help Zuri and Freddie sort the ingredients for their magic potion. They have a carrot, licorice, and a magic peacock feather, and the recipe says to add them in order from SHORTEST to LONGEST. Which ingredient is the SHORTEST? The licorice is the SHORTEST because the other ingredients are longer, so we can put it first. Which ingredient is LONGER than the licorice but SHORTER than the other one? The carrot, because it is LONGER than the licorice, but it is not the LONGEST, so we put it second. Which ingredient is the LONGEST? The magic peacock feather is the longest because it is longer than the carrot and the licorice, so it is last. Now they are ready to add the ingredients! First Freddie adds the licorice, and Zuri adds the carrot, and finally the magic peacock feather. Before we see how their potion turned out let's summarise. Remember, when finding the length of an object, ask yourself 'how long is it?'. Sometimes we need to compare and order objects based on their length. We can order objects from LONGEST to SHORTEST or from SHORTEST to LONGEST.

"Oh wow! It's starting to bubble a lot!" "Look out!" "Did we just make a unicorn!?" "Okay, so we'll name it Bubbles and she can sleep on my bed and..." "Oh never mind."