Measurement Math

We are reviewing concepts that they learned in Second Grade this week and I did a fun unit on measurements.

I found some shape manipulatives and poured them onto the ground and had the kids pick one shape and sort them. 

I made up a worksheet asking them to measure their feet, legs, thumb, hand, and head (that was some fun problemsolving!) We then compared measurements. A great observation "Your leg was 26 triangles, but mine was only 18 hexagons but my leg is bigger than yours because a hexagon is like 2 triangles) 

We then talked about why we have rulers and the difference between centimeters (Use it in Europe. 100 cm to a meter) and inches (Use in US. 12 inches to a Foot)