Which tool should you use to measure....
How many
Estimate Length
Story Problems
Nonstandard Measurement
100

Your pencil

Ruler

100

Inches are in a foot? 

12

100

Which line looks shortest? 

Line B 

100

Miss Penn is 70 inches tall.  Ms. Hartley is 61 inches tall.  How much taller is Miss Penn than Ms. Hartley?  

Miss Penn is 9 inches taller than Ms. Hartley 

100

How many bricks high is the book?

2 Bricks

200

The track 

Measuring Tape

200

Feet are in a yard? 

3

200

Which line looks longest? 

Line A 

200

A beanstalk in Mrs. Mannon's backyard is 100 feet tall! A giant came by and cut off 25 feet.  Another giant came by and cut off another 20 feet.  How tall is it now? 

55 Feet 

200

How many hearts do you need to stack to reach the height of the giant? 

3 Hearts

300

Your table

Yardstick

300

Inches are in a yard? 

36

300

Which makes sense...

Our classroom is 8 yards long

Our classroom is 8 feet long

Our classroom is 8 inches long

8 Yards

300

There were 3 beanstalks growing outside.  One was 20 feet tall, one was 33 feet tall, one was 19 feet tall.  If you laid them out end to end, how many feet long would they be?  

Double Jeopardy:  How many yards long would it be?  

72 Feet


24 Yards

300

How many books do you need to reach the height of the heart?  

1 Half

1/2

400

A book

Ruler

400

Feet are in 2 yards? 

6

400

Double Jeopardy! 

How much taller do you think Mrs. Mannon is than Mrs. Hosale? 

(closest answer wins) 

5 Inches

400

Ms. Hartley measured the length of the classroom in yards.  Miss Dorr measured the classroom in feet.  Who had a smaller number? Why? 

Ms. Hartley has a smaller measurement.  3 feet fit inside a yard.  

400

How many unicorns do you need to reach the height of the beanstalk? 

2 Unicorns

500
The hallway

Measuring Tape

500

Inches are in 2 feet? 

24

500

Which line looks shorter? 

Line B

500

Miss Dorr thinks that the slide outside is 2 yards high.  Mrs. Mannon thinks the slide is 6 feet high.  Mrs. Hosale says both of them are right.  Do you agree with Mrs. Hosale?  Why?

Yes! 1 yard has 3 feet inside.  That means 2 yards will be 6 feet.  

500

Double Jeopardy! 

How many hearts and unicorns would you need for the stacks to be the same height?  

3 hearts, 2 unicorns