Ideas for Teaching Measurement
for 3rd-5th Grade Teachers
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Table of Contents
Section
Section Name
Slide No.
1.
Race to the Gallon Activity (Conversion)
3
2.
Measurement (Customary Conversion Booklet & Table)
4
3.
Elapsed Time
5
4.
Temperature
6
5.
Volume
7
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Materials:
Quart Bags
Gallon Mat
4 quart strips (green)
8 pint strips (salmon)
16 cups strips (blue)
Spinner
Directions:
1)Each player takes a
turn spinning
2)The player either adds
or takes cups from
their opponent
3)Player can convert on
their board after they
have spinned
4)Player to first clean
their board wins!
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Activity # 2: Measurement (Customary
Conversion Booklet & Table)
• Materials:
• Chart Paper
• Reference
Chart
• Questions
Directions:
1) Students solve the
problems together by
setting up the problem
as a proportion
2) (Team competition) The
team who accurately
answers the question,
wins!
3) Note: When you are
going from smaller to
larger (divide) and larger
to smaller (multiply)
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Materials:
Rewritable Dry Erase Markers
8 Questions Card
Table
Directions:
1)Each player takes a
turn spinning
2)The player either adds
or takes cups from
their opponent
3)Player can convert on
their board.
4)Player to first clean
their board wins!
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Materials:
Small ziploc
Thermometer paper
Sample questions
(Refer back to
release questions)
Directions:
1) The students will
use the thermometer
to solve the question
by manuvering the
“zip” on the bag and
calculating the
answer
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• Materials:
• Solving for Volume
Worksheet
• Guess My Volume Worksheet
• Note: Look at 5th Grade
Release test (#16, #21, #46)
Directions:
1) Students use the cards to
solve the problem and place
answers on the back of the
cards to check
2) Make a cube tower. First, spin
Spinner A, to determine how
many cubes to put in a row.
Then, spin Spinner B to
determine how many rows are
in the bottom layer. Finally,
spin Spinner C to determine
how many layers there are in
your tower.
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