Metric Measurement Review

This post wraps up the series of measurement activities I have been sharing for intermediate students. To find all of my measurement activities, click on the "measurement" tag at the bottom of the post.

 To download the freebie shown below, click here.

 This activity is based on my Odd One Out series of activities.  I give each group a half sheet with four items on it and students write everything they know about the measurements.

The full paid product is available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and my Teacher's Notebook store.

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Customary Measurement Review

This activity is based on a set called Odd One Out.  For each of those problems, students have to determine which of a set doesn't belong and justify the answer mathematically. 

I decided to change up this activity and make it a group review.  Instead of eliminating one of the items, I give the students a half sheet and have them write everything they know about the measurements on the page.  The page below contains two activities.

To download Customary Measurement Review, click here.

The full paid product is available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store and my Teacher's Notebook store.

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Estimating and Measuring in Centimeters

I'm in the process of sharing measurement activities I have developed for my classroom.  To see all the posts for teaching measurement for upper elementary, click the tag for measurement at the bottom of the post.

Last week I shared Measuring in Inches.  This week's one-page freebie could be used to teach estimation and careful measuring.  You could also run the two pages back to back and have students compare results between metric and customary measurement.

 To download Measuring in Centimeters, click here.

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Estimating and Measuring in Inches

 

Over the next four weeks I plan to share four measurement freebies I use with my fourth graders.  Frequent readers know that the district adopted curriculum I teach from doesn't have nearly enough measurement activities.  Students learn by doing.

 

This one-page freebie could be used as a recording sheet for a math station, a small group activity or even as homework.  Students estimate the length of an object in inches and then measure to see how close their prediction was.

To download Measuring in Inches from my Google Drive, please click here.

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Groceries: Volume and Weight

Last Friday, I shared a measurement activity freebie.  This week I am sharing the more complex task that I referred to in that post.

To download Groceries: Volume and Weight, click here.

 

What I wanted my students to do was begin to interact with food labels and recognize the units of measurement for weight and volume.   I would use the gradual release of responsibility model to teach this.  I would model on the doc cam and have them fill out this sheet with me.  I would next have partners use food packages in class.  This sheet could be used as a math measurement station or even homework for older students.

To collect all of my measurement freebies, click the "measurement" tag at the bottom of this post.

Units of Measurement: Metric vs. Customary

Our adopted math curriculum doesn't have nearly enough measurement activities -- especially connected to real life.  I find myself constantly creating activities for my students.

This one page organizer can be used for multiple activities.  (Click here to download.)  First I want my students to identify the units of measurement in the correct box.  (I have included an answer key for your convenience.)

Next, I raid my cupboards and bring in packages of food with a mix of customary and metric measurements.  I have students do a scavenger hunt of sorts, writing down the units they find in the correct box in the organizer.

Finally I send a sheet like this home as homework to do a similar scavenger hunt in their own kitchen cupboards.

Last year I started with an activity that needed more scaffolding.  Next week I plan to share the more complicated task.

Here are some other measurement freebies:

Metric Conversion Chart

Customary Conversion Chart

Customary Measurement Chart

 

 

When teaching measurement, I find that students need two things: lots of practice measuring real objects and a chart summarizing what they need to know.

Click here to download Customary Measurement Chart from my Google Drive.

 

Like the Metric Measurement Chart, students can use this chart and a calculator to make conversions:

1. Find the column that matches the unit you are starting with. 
2. Move down until you find the space where it shows one. 
3. Move along the row until you find the equal amount for the unit you are converting to. 
4. This is the amount by which you multiply.

Metric Conversion Chart

I have been working on activities that supplement our adopted curriculum in geometry and measurement.  This is a tool that helped some of my students converting metric measurements.  I explain that everything in the same row is equal. 

1. Find the column that matches the unit you are starting with. 
2. Move down until you find the space where it shows one. 
3. Move along the row until you find the equal amount for the unit you are converting to. 
4. This is the amount by which you multiply.

For a free download of this page, please click here.

Here is an example: How many ml are there in 4 liters?

1. Find the liters column.
2. Move down until you find the box for 1 liter.
3. Move across the row until you find the box that shows how many milliliters is equal to 1 liter. (1000)
4. Multiply 4 X 1000 to get your answer.  (Be sure to label it with ml.)

Dimensions is a set of geometry and measurement activities I created for my students.  Dimensions is available at Artistry of Education @ Teachers Pay Teachers and Artistry of Education @ Teacher's Notebook.

Students begin by measuring the dimensions of a rectangle and find the area and perimeter.  Next, they cut on the diagonal to create two congruent triangles.  They measure the area and perimeter of the shapes they can create with the triangles.  My students became so efficient with this that they could teach the fourth graders in the other class how to do this.