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It's always nice to hear from friends. Your budding mathematicians read letters from pen pals and convert customary measurements into metric units and vice versa. They also write letters to an imaginary pen pal using metric units.
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Instructional Ideas
- Team up with an English teacher for the task
- Provide the class with a reference sheet of conversion factors
Classroom Considerations
- Learners need to have experience with unit conversions, including conversion between systems
Pros
- Incorporates literacy in the math classroom
- Pupils distinguish on their own whether certain units would be recognizable to people in other countries
Cons
- Rubric does not distinguish between one or two points for partial credit