Measurement

Next up in math is measurement. Students love these hands-on lessons.  It’s a lot of fun to measure the length of your wrist, ankle, neck and thumb with a friend.  As students practice measuring the distance around a shape or object we are sure to use the word perimeter with them, so that it becomes part of their permanent math vocabulary.  We will create a chart called “The Table of Equivalent Measures.”  In this chart we include important measurements we want students to know, such as:  

12inches = 1foot, 36 inches = 1 yard, 36 inches = 3 feet.  These are good measures to practice at home whenever you get the chance.

Using second graders to measure our room

Experimenting with our thinking about standard measures

Measuring height

Measuring foot length 

Measuring head circumference

A record of our work