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Students investigate non-standard linear measurement.  In this cross curriculum measurement lesson, students listen to the book Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy, and identify pages in which non-standard measurement is used.  Students work in groups to measure and record the length of classroom objects.

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non-standard measurement, measurement, one-to-one correspondence

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linear measurement, nonstandard measurement, numeral writing, one to one correspondence, math
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Grade
K - 1st
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Math
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