50 Fabulous Measurement Activities: Hands-On Activities for Exploring Length, Perimeter, Weight, Volume, and Time That Will Send Kids' Measurement Skills Sky High!Immerse your students in measurement of all kinds with fifty fun, hands-on activities! They'll estimate, explore, predict, and compare as they measure the length of their shadows, the perimeter of their hands, the volume of their shoes, and more. They'll investigate how long a foot is, how much a pound weighs, how long a minute lasts, how much a liter holds, and how to use important units of measurement in everyday life. Includes easy how-to's, follow-up ideas, book links, fun facts, and more. Geared to the NCTM Standards. For use with Grades 1-3. |
Contents
Individual Measuring Units | 7 |
Stepping Out | 8 |
Inching Along | 9 |
Inch by Inch Game | 10 |
Body Geometry | 11 |
Feet of Feet | 12 |
How Far Is the Flick? | 13 |
Creative Closet | 14 |
Fill Er Up | 33 |
Follow the Liter | 34 |
Equivalent Measures Match | 35 |
Measurement Muffins Capacity Cider | 38 |
Quickies | 40 |
Clock Collections | 41 |
How Long Is a Minute? | 42 |
Activities That Take | 43 |
Estimating Spirals | 15 |
Map Sense | 16 |
Hands Down Kites Up | 17 |
Area CoverUp | 18 |
Value of Money | 19 |
Kiss n Count | 20 |
All Square | 21 |
Quickies | 22 |
Weight Questionnaire | 23 |
Weight Ranking | 24 |
Twofers | 25 |
Around a Pound | 26 |
How Many to a Pound? | 27 |
Balancing Act | 28 |
Quickies | 29 |
Stuffed Shoes | 30 |
Hold It | 31 |
Pouring Sand | 32 |
Living Clock | 44 |
Time Concentration | 45 |
Day of Your Dreams | 46 |
Cuckoo Clocks | 47 |
Class Calendar | 49 |
Timely Arrival | 51 |
Wacky Holiday Watch | 52 |
Quickies | 53 |
Measurement Tool Tally | 54 |
Measure Match | 55 |
Measurement Scavenger Hunt | 56 |
TooTall Tales | 57 |
Measurement Marathon | 58 |
Measures Crossword Puzzle | 60 |
Fun Facts | 63 |
Related Books | 64 |
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50 Fabulous Measurement Activities: Hands-on Activities for Exploring Length ... Martin Lee,Marcia Miller No preview available - 2000 |
50 Fabulous Measurement Activities: Hands-On Activities for Exploring Length ... Martin Lee,Marcia Miller No preview available - 2000 |
Common terms and phrases
1-liter bottle analog clock Ask children balance scale benchmark birthday bowl bulletin board capacity Challenge children chart paper child cider class into small classmates clock face construction paper containers count Cuckoo Clocks deck Display distances Divide the class Equivalent Measures Match estimate fill flick Follow-Up foot length foot long gallon giant steps Give each group hand help children holds holidays IMUS index cards Invite children kilogram kiss line card liter longest maps Marcia Miller markers masking tape MATERIALS Measurement Activities Measurement Marathon measurement skills measurement units Measures Crossword Puzzle measuring cup minute Muffins Name five things nonstandard units number cards ounces pairs paper cup Pat Hutchins pencils perimeter pint Plan play player popcorn pound Provide quart Quickies record their guess recording chart Repeat sand scavenger hunt shoe small groups string tape measures tube Twofers units of measure various classroom objects yard