Let's Measure

Welcome friends!

To start off this week's blog post on the Measurement unit, I would like to share a fun and catchy song that I found on YouTube. I think students who are beginning to learn about the measurement system, or those who just need a refresher would really enjoy it. I can't seem to get it out of my head for the evening !

How would you define measurement? In today's class, my group and I came up with our own interpretation on defining the term. We decided that measurement is the size and/or amount of an object or shape in units. Although this definition may seem broad, this term can be defined in many different ways.

Today's learning activity presenters taught us how to find the area of a rectangle (A = w x l). To go with what we learned, we played an Area Dice Game that quickly became competitive against the two teams in my table.

Image by Yasmine Khaizaran

This game works by each team rolling the dice, and then drawing out the measurements of the shape on the grid. Whichever numbers you land on represent the length and the width. The goal of the game is to have the biggest amount of area covered on the grid. In order to determine who the winner is, the  players would need to use the formula l x w to get the perimeter of the shape, and then add up the total number. The shortcut would be to count out the unit squares inside each shape. It's always good to use the deeper thinking method to keep your mind challenged.

A great tool when learning measurement units is to provide students with a measurement conversion fan. This resource can be found on Teachers Pay Teachers.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Measurement-Conversion-Fans-1186107

This is something that students can make and keep in their binders or their interactive notebooks. It is a great tool that can be used as a quick and easy reference.