The Measurement Hunt!

     This week, we started some lessons on linear measurement.  To get excited about the topic, we read this fun story and a silly poem:

     Measuring can be a tough concept!  We begin by focusing on comparing two items and using the words longer, shorter, and equal to.  After a brief discussion, the students were paired up, given a ruler, and the task of hunting down things in our classroom that were longer than, shorter than, and equal to the length of the ruler.  Here are some pictures of "the measurement hunt" in progress:

     They had a lot of fun and did a great job!