Inches, Feet and Yards

The students have been measuring everything in the room. We've been talking about measuring with accuracy by lining up the ruler or yardstick at the end of the object to measure. The students enjoyed using the Activotes to complete a self paced measurement hunt. The last two days we've been making reasonable estimates and this is hard for some students. One question about how long is your bed was tricky for some. The choices were 5 inches, 5 feet, or 5 yards and some students thought 5 yards was the best answer. We've really been trying to show what that would looks like and students have to do that thinking to figure out the correct answer. We've reviewed today and the test is tomorrow.