Monday, January 31, 2011
Measurement
12:53 PM | 
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Me, Me, Me, and Mrs. Jones |
Parents:
We have just started our measurement unit. Our kiddos have a great grasp on how to measure, so it's time to build up. What we need to work on is the abstract part of that...visualizing how long, wide, heavy, how much something will hold, etc. For example, would you say that the classroom door is 3in, 3ft, 3yd, or 3mi wide? How do you know? (It would be 3 ft, because the others are too small or big). We just started length today, but we will soon get into capacity and weight. We will be talking about customary and metric units. Any outside, real world practice that the kiddos can get would be helpful.
Students:
Share with us how you are practicing measurement!
We have just started our measurement unit. Our kiddos have a great grasp on how to measure, so it's time to build up. What we need to work on is the abstract part of that...visualizing how long, wide, heavy, how much something will hold, etc. For example, would you say that the classroom door is 3in, 3ft, 3yd, or 3mi wide? How do you know? (It would be 3 ft, because the others are too small or big). We just started length today, but we will soon get into capacity and weight. We will be talking about customary and metric units. Any outside, real world practice that the kiddos can get would be helpful.
Students:
Share with us how you are practicing measurement!
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7 comments:
i had so mush fun in math today!!!!!!!!
I didn't know that 15 yards equals a football field. That is amazing! Since we've been learning about measurement, I just measured the width of our garage door and found out it is 165 inches wide which converts to 13 ft.
I have been practicing by measureing with my hands and the wigth of my laptop is 1hand and 1/2
For me I sometimes eat rice an I need to use measurement another one is I need to measure how much water I need to use for my oatmeal and last I need to measure how many marbles to put in a bowl for decarations.
My grandparents are going to India and they had to see how tall we were to get us the right size clothing.Also I made a Valentines day card and each strip of paper was 1/4 of an inch wide.
I have been measuring for a long time likke before 3rd grade because my mom designed houses!!!!!! So I have been trying to measure my room!!
MEASUREMENT IS FUN!!:))))))))))))))))))))
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