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Understanding Length and Height

For Teachers 1st
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders read each word problem and follow its instructions. They identify shorter and taller and compare certain objects to each other.
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Hunting for Measured Treasure

For Teachers K
Students compare and contrast objects according to their length. In groups, they travel to different centers in their classroom to participate in different sorting activities. They are introduced to how to use a ruler and reading the...
Lesson Plan
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MUD-A Walk

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils investigate their tracks to determine the number of footsteps it takes to travel the entire length of their bodies. Then they determine the taller of two children and the shorter of two children with their tracks. Students also...
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How Long is a Hot Dog? Weight, Weight! Don't tell me!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Primary learners participate in activities that help them explain how different things are measured. They create their own access number chart.
Worksheet
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Use Measurement

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this measurements worksheet, learners read the word problems and use the measurements within the problem to solve the six word problems.
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Working With Length

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this length activity, student find lengths and round, and solve addition problems, including word problems. All problems have to do with length.
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The Three Life-Giving Sisters: Plant Cultivation and Mohican Innovation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Children gain first-hand experience with Native American agriculture while investigating the life cycle of plants with this engaging experiment. Focusing on what the natives called the Three Sisters - corn, beans, and squash - young...
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Introducing Temperature Measurement

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore temperature and use Celcius thermometers to measure and graph the temperature in the classroom daily. They estimate what they think the temperature might be and then find the actual temperature in the room.
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Pumpkin Math

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover how to measure the circumference of objects. In this measurement lesson plan, students use a pumpkin and a tape measure to estimate and find the circumference of the pumpkin.
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Hunting for "Measured" Treasure

For Teachers K
Students compare and order objects according to length. They see that to conserve length, meaning that the length of an object is not altered by a change in its spatial position, even though it may appear to look longer or shorter than...
Worksheet
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Why Standard Units?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
A variety of units of measurement are taught in this math worksheet. First, students measure objects using their hands. Then, they use a ruler to gain more precise measurements in meters and centimeters. Nice worksheet!
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Piglets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are asked have they ever seen a pig? They are asked what are young pigs called? Students are given the Pigs Display Sheet. They see that on the sheet there are two piglets and their mother. Students are told that mother pigs are...
Lesson Plan
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Applying Special Right Triangles

For Teachers 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders use the theorems regarding right triangles to find the missing length in a special right triangle. The one page worksheet contains eleven questions. Answers are included.
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Relations and Graphs

For Teachers 2nd
Here is a simple, yet clever lesson on how to teach the important concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to. Pupils write their names down on grid paper - one letter per box. They compare their names and find a name that is...
Worksheet
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How Long? How High?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this length and height worksheet, students use the given examples for length and height to compare and determine the answers for each problem. Students circle the correct answer and then write how they can use string to compare the...
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Bearly There

For Teachers 1st
First graders read "How Long Is A Foot?" together and use paper clips, teddy bears, crayons and other non-standard units to measure items. They compare the items measured and order them from longest to shortest.
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Comparing and Ordering Numbers

For Teachers K
Students compare, order, and measure objects. In this measurement lesson, students are assessed on their ability to order, compare, and measure objects. This is an assessment only lesson and does not include instruction.
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Centimeters and Millimeters

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this centimeters and millimeters worksheet, learners learn to use a ruler to measure lines and distances. Students then use the illustrated rulers to measure the lines in centimeters and millimeters.
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What Is An Inch?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Students identify the length of an inch. In this measurement lesson, students read Inch by Inch and predict how many inches long various objects are. Students practice measuring the objects by using an inch ruler.
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Taller/Wider/longer

For Teachers 1st
In this unit, 1st graders use measurement language and counting to compare objects in a variety of game situations. Students also practice the advanced concept of counting to advanced counting.
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A centimetre

For Students 2nd - 3rd
IN this metric measurement worksheet, students draw 5 lines which are shorter than a centimeter and 5 lines which are longer than 1 cm.
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Measure

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are asked what activities or things that they do each day. They are then asked do you do that in the morning, afternoon, or night? Students are then asked which of those things do you do first, second, third, and etc.
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The Tilt of the Earth And the Seasons

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure the change in the size of their shadow over time. They visit a fixed structure and record the date, the time, and the measurement of the length of their shadow. They do this over the course of the school year. They...
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Unit 7 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 1)

For Students 1st Standards
Give math vocabulary instruction a boost with a set of flash cards covering terms such as centimeter, pound, and thermometer to name a few. Word cards are typed using a bold-style font, and correspond to picture cards that...