Curated OER
Drink It Up!
Students investigate how the human body needs water by recording their water consumption for a day. They sing a song about drinking water, make and drink Kool-Aid and eat apple slices, and conduct an experiment to determine how much...
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math at the Grocery Store
Make grocery shopping a mathematical experience. Parents and children explore a variety of math concepts through this collection of engaging math activities. Lesson are presented in varying levels of difficulty, offer "Parent Pointers"...
Teachnology
Teachnology: Measurement Teaching Theme
Measurement Teaching Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for the elementary grades.
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Better Lesson: Measuring Butterflies and Caterpillars
Butterflies and caterpillars are the focus of this measurement lesson, integrating our math and science curriculum.
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Better Lesson: How Many Cubes?
Students love to have choice and move around the classroom in this measurement lesson plan that begins with a beloved picture book.
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math in the Home
An excellent compilation of activities that engage parents and children in math explorations at home. Detailed lessons covering a wide range of math topics such as fractions, measurements, money, data collection, and math in newspapers....
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Better Lesson: Math Centers Measurement and Review
In order to pull small groups during math instruction, the rest of the students need engaging activities that they can complete independently. These centers allow students to practice a variety of math skills including measurement.
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Better Lesson: Measurement Comparing Length Day 1
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.
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Better Lesson: Measurement Comparing Height Day 2
Too Tall Tina is a book about a student who is obsessed with being too tall. It shows examples of many measurement comparisons.
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Better Lesson: Babies & Big Boy Feet
Kindergarteners need a basic understanding of measurement that leads them to know that the smaller the unit the more it takes to measure the same object using less larger units.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Hamburger Restaurant: Time and Mass
On this interactive site students practice time and mass skills. By the end of the lesson students will be able to describe the mass of more than two objects and record the mass of three objects by lifting.
Other
School House Technologies: Free Math Worksheets for Teachers
A collection of math worksheets covering a multitude of math topics.
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Better Lesson: Wow! That's Heavy!
Kindergarteners grasp the basic concepts of measurement quickly and this lesson provides a fun experience learning about weight.
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math on the Go
Parents and children explore math in the world around them in this collection of math activities. Simple, engaging, and fun, these lessons offer learners the opportunity to discover math even when they're "on the go." An excellent...
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Better Lesson: How Does It All Compare?
Kindergarteners are introduced to comparing objects by their attributes. In this lesson, the kids compare objects by using the three attributes they have learned about.
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Better Lesson: Line Up, Shorty
Kindergarteners need a variety of experiences to ensure they build a strong foundation on a topic. This lesson gives them another opportunity to compare height, this time using themselves as the objects.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Making Measuring Meaningful!
This activity helps students recognize that measuring tools can come in many different shapes and sizes. The student's will develop creative-thinking, math, and social skills as they use nontraditional and traditional measuring tools....
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: What Is a Measure?
In this lesson, Rolf Myller's book entitled How Big is a Foot? is used as a mentor text. Students will answer the question, "What does it mean to be big?"The mathematical concepts of area, attributes, and fractions are introduced....
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life
Read about what math has to do with cooking, chances of winning a game, even decorating your home. Teachers may want to peruse this site for ideas about real world applications in their lesson planning.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Measurement: An Elementary Resource List
University of Regina senior education mathematics students compiled this this in-depth resource list for elementary and middle school grades. The resources are categorized according to: supporting program materials, print resources,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sorting by Size
Sorting is an important foundational skills for kindergarten students to learn. Using attribute blocks to sort by size helps students practice comparing objects and prepares them to sort by other measurable attributes.
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Better Lesson: Sorting by Shape
Sorting is an important foundational skills for kindergarten students to learn. Using attribute blocks to sort by shape helps students practice comparing objects and prepares them to sort measurable attributes.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Telling Time Theme
Telling Time Teaching Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for grades k-12.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Telling Time Theme
Telling Time Teaching Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for grades k-12.