Week 10 · Measure length
Number Hunt
Number Hunt: lengths
// Inches, feet, centimeters and meters
⏱ about 15 min
Saturday: Number Hunt
Lizzy the Lizard packs a ruler and her notebook in her bag.
"Today we hunt for lengths," she says.
Bennie the Bear grins. "Let us estimate first, then measure!"
"I want to find something about 1 foot long," says Lizzy.
"And something shorter than 1 inch!"
Hunt for lengths
Use a ruler or a measuring tape.
Always start at 0.
Say the unit with your number.
Try it: Number Hunt
Find something about 1 inch long.
Find something about 1 foot long.
Find something that is about 10 centimeters long.
Estimate a table, then measure it.
Which thing was the longest?
Find something about 1 foot long.
Find something that is about 10 centimeters long.
Estimate a table, then measure it.
Which thing was the longest?
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
Where do we start on a ruler?
Which unit is shorter?
How many inches long is the bar?A shoe is 16 cm. A sock is 9 cm. How much longer is the shoe?
◇ MEASURE WITH A GROWN-UP
Each of you picks one thing to measure.
Both of you estimate its length first.
Then measure it together.
Whose estimate was closer? Take turns again.
Both of you estimate its length first.
Then measure it together.
Whose estimate was closer? Take turns again.
Draw the longest thing you measured. Write its length.
For a grown-up
This week your child measured in inches, feet, centimeters and meters.
They estimated, measured to check and compared lengths.
Ask them to start at 0 each time.
Ask which unit fits a small or a big thing.
They estimated, measured to check and compared lengths.
Ask them to start at 0 each time.
Ask which unit fits a small or a big thing.
Great measuring! Next week Hazel helps us tell time.