Lines, Line Segments, Points & Rays
Information About This Unit
Description of Learning Unit:
Explore, estimate and measure lines, line segments, and rays in this unit. Fun hands-on activities are included to help your child understand the lessons. Your child will have fun playing a concentration game, designing a poster, going on a scavenger hunt, playing Simon Says, and making a yarn web. In addition, worksheets are available for practice and to reinforce the concepts. This unit is designed to last one week, depending on how often you teach math.
List of Objectives:
- Learn about lines, line segments, points, and rays.
- Be able to identify lines, line segments, points, and rays.
- Be able to draw and label lines, line segments, points and rays.
- Measure and estimate the length of lines, line segments, and rays.
List of Materials and Supplies Needed for This Pathway:
- Index cards
- Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
Lines, Line Segments, Points and Rays Poster:
- Posterboard or card stock
- Yarn or string
- Paper dots
- Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
- A ruler
- Paper
- A pencil
- Yarn
- Tape
- Sticky notes
- A pencil or pen
- A ruler or yardstick
- Math Journal
- Notebook paper or plain paper
- A pencil
- Crayons, colored pencils, or markers, if desired
Printables:
- A printer and basic printing supplies
- A pencil
- A ruler
Links to Free Learning Material
Links to Online Lessons:
| Lines, Segments, and Rays | (no rating) |
Discover the difference between lines, segments and rays.
| Lines, Points, Line Segments, Rays and Endpoints | (no rating) |
Understand the difference between lines, line segments and rays. Plus, learn about points and endpoints.
| Lines, Line Segments, and Rays | (no rating) |
This visual lesson shows what lines, line segments, and rays look like.
| How to Read a Ruler | (no rating) |
This lesson reviews how to read both English and metric rulers.
Reference Websites:
| Line Segments and Naming Line Segments | (no rating) |
View an animation of a line segment and learn how to name line segments.
| Collinear Points | (no rating) |
Points that lie in a straight line are collinear.
Hands-On Projects and Activities:
| Concentration Game | (no rating) |
Play a matching game to identify lines, line segments, points and rays.
| Lines, Line Segments, Points, and Rays Poster | (no rating) |
Create a poster that shows lines, line segments, points and rays.
| Scavenger Hunt | (no rating) |
Take a walk around the neighborhood and find real-life examples of lines, line segments, points and rays.
| Act it Out | (no rating) |
Use arm motions to demonstrate lines, line segments, points, and rays.
| Line Web | (no rating) |
Use yarn and create lines, line segments, points and rays.
| What I Learned This Week | (no rating) |
Your child will write in his math journal about things he learned this week.
Learning Tools (worksheets, drills, printables, online games, tests, etc.):
| Lines, Rays, and Line Segments | (no rating) |
Label the lines, rays, and line segments on this worksheet.
| All About Lines Rays and Line Segments | (no rating) |
You child will demonstrate what he or she has learned by completing these pages.
| Lines Worksheet | (no rating) |
Name the figures on this worksheet: point, line segment, ray, and line.
| Draw It | (no rating) |
Draw and label lines, line segments, points, and rays on dot paper.
| Make Lines, Line Segments, Points and Rays | (no rating) |
Make and label lines, line segments, points and rays on polar graph paper.
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Free Online Video:
| Points and Lines | (no rating) |
Watch this video for a simple explanation of points and lines.
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Free Online Audio: 
Free E-Books (and classics available in most libraries):