The pieces of yarn are being sent home today so that students can practice this measuring activity while at home. This is a great way to practice math skills (measuring, counting) and science skills (comparing, contrasting, predicting). Ask your child to make a prediction about how many books it will take to equal their height. Then, together, test that prediction. What did you find? Try it again with different items and then compare your results. For example, if you measured using books and then again using spoons do you use the same number of items?
Last Monday, I cut pieces of yarn that matched up with each student's height. On Tuesday, we got to use those pieces of yarn to do some measuring. Students used different items in the classroom to see how many of those items it would take to match their height. We did this activity again today. The pieces of yarn are being sent home today so that students can practice this measuring activity while at home. This is a great way to practice math skills (measuring, counting) and science skills (comparing, contrasting, predicting). Ask your child to make a prediction about how many books it will take to equal their height. Then, together, test that prediction. What did you find? Try it again with different items and then compare your results. For example, if you measured using books and then again using spoons do you use the same number of items?
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Mrs. Marx is a preschool teacher at Epiphany Catholic Elementary School in Chicago, IL. Archives
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