Mathematicians Begin Chapter Seven

  In this chapter students will:

• Measure in a hands-on way with different units, such as connecting cubes.  These experiences will help develop an intuitive sense of measurement as well as support your child’s understanding that objects have different properties.
• Make size comparisons between objects and order them according to size (largest to smallest).
• Compare length, height, weight, area, temperature, and capacity to reference objects.
• Order objects by length from shortest to longest.
• Discuss how height and length are alike and different.
• Use measures of time such as days of the week, today, tomorrow, and yesterday.

This week we have focused on length. In addition to our written work we have experienced hands-on activities.  Above we measured the length of our shoes with unifix cubes.  We tallied our results, and discovered who's shoes were the longest and shortest in our group.