In this lesson, students will learn how to use a ruler to measure in inches and compare objects using the words "longest" and "shortest."

Read about how Max and Ruthie measured some fun objects in their gym. Use this method to measure things in your classroom. A helpful teacher's guide and extra challenges will make this a fun instructional activity on measuring with...

Measurement Teaching Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for the elementary grades.

In this lesson, students units use different units to measure the same object.

Students will explore weight by using sand to represent their birth weight and use their length at birth to explore measuring length. Printable lesson

This instructional activity is a hands-on, cross-curricular instructional activity for exploring non-standard measurement. It utilizes children's literature, manipulatives, opportunities for writing, and small group collaborative...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Measure different lengths to a fraction of an inch.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Measure length in customary units.

In this lesson students will practice finding the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes with right angles and the appropriate units for measuring perimeter.

Second graders will be able to estimate the lengths of objects by mentally partitioning the lengths into inches. A video, worksheets, and a detailed lesson plan are included.

The long and the short of it..... In this introductory lesson to ordering lengths, students will be able to compare objects by length using the vocabulary longest and shortest. The lesson is introduced using the book "The Dog Show" and...

Students will be using a hands-on approach to learning about length, capacity, and weight. This lesson contains a detailed plan, slides containing notes and problems, and a video tutorial.

This is a complete lesson plan that has students explore how to measure length using blocks.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert customary units of measure by multiplying when converting from large units to small units.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Measure length in metric units.

What is an atlatl? Learn how this Aztec dart throwing tool can be used to teach students such things as distance, radius, and linear and angular velocity. Curriculum strands are provided for each of the many lesson plans for students...

Students rotate from station to station completing activities involving measurement weight, length, and volume using metric measurement.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Choose appropriate metric measurement tools when finding various lengths.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find the length of an arc. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice problems.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to find the length of an arc. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Choose appropriate tools and units for given measurement situations involving squares and rectangles.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Choose appropriate tools and metric units for given items and measurement situations.

Students learn the metric units engineers use to measure mass, distance (or length) and volume. They make estimations using these units and compare their guesses with actual values. To introduce the concepts, the teacher needs access to...

Fish Eyes is a math story, but it is not focused on length. I use this book to have the students compare the length of the different fish in the story.