Measurement Teaching Resources
Is your maths class ready to dive into length measurement, measuring objects and more measurement practice? Say hello to printable units of measurement worksheets, games and digital activities created by teachers for teachers!
This collection of teaching resources was created by our expert maths teachers to help students meet Australian Curriculum standards. Each printable and digital download has undergone a rigorous review by the teachers on the Teach Starter team to ensure they’re student-ready — so you can cut down on lesson planning time!
New to teaching this part of the maths curriculum? Our teacher team knows what it’s like to suddenly teach a brand-new year level, so we’ve put together a quick guide to teaching measurement!
What Are the 4 steps of Teaching and Learning Measurement?
Students have to learn a long list of measurement concepts during their time in primary school, including:
- length
- liquid volume
- elapsed time
- mass (weight)
- area
- volume of three-dimensional figures
The good news for teachers: Most measurement concepts have very real-world applications for students. That means there's a whole world of ways to get students excited about reading a ruler or tape measure or weighing heavy objects on a scale.
But before you can get there, let's start with the basic steps to work through when you're teaching students how to measure ... well ... anything!
- Direct Comparison — One of the earliest steps of learning measurement is learning the attributes that are being measured. For example, students need to learn what length is if they're ever going to measure it. That's where direct comparison (and step 2, indirect comparison), come in. If you put 2 objects side by side, students can directly compare which is longer and which is shorter and start to understand how to measure an object.
- Indirect Comparison — What happens when you can't directly compare two objects? You can add a third as a reference point for indirect comparison, thereby increasing student understanding of the attribute being measured.
- Measuring With Non-Standard Units or Informal Units — Just as students need to understand the attribute of measuring, they also need to understand the concept of the units we use to measure such as metres or litres. Using non-standard units is the first step to teaching the concept of units, offering students the chance to work with different objects, counting how many of these 'units' it takes to make up another. This is the fundamental base of measurement.
- Measuring With Standard Units — In the final step of teaching measurement, students move on to using the formal units of measurement and learn to use measurement instruments.
Why Is Teaching Measurement Important?
There are concrete uses for learning measurement that will surely spring to mind — from using a tape measure to measure a space in a home to weighing ingredients when baking to determining the capacity of a juice glass before pouring in the liquid. These are all means for quantifying our environment.
But the benefits of teaching students about measuring lines with a ruler or figuring out mass measurements from largest to smallest go well beyond the obvious. Learning to measure helps students develop spatial and number skills.
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Interactive Maths Review – Activities for Years 5, 6 and 7
Review important maths concepts covered in years 5, 6 and 7 with a student-led interactive activity.
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Days of the Week Poster
Display the days of the week with a bright and cheery Days of the Week Poster.
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Days of the Week Calendar Maths Classroom Display
Help students learn the days of the week with a daily calendar maths display.
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Free Telling Time to the Minute Worksheets
A worksheet for telling time to the minute and converting between analogue and digital times.
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Telling the Time Poster
Help your students learn to tell the time to the hour, half-hour, quarter, and minute with a printable Telling the Time anchor chart PDF.
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Months of the Year Worksheets - Ordering
Use these Months of the Year printables to help your students with the months of the year.
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Classroom Clock Labels - Flower Display
Use our Flower Wall Clock Labels to create a garden-themed clock display to help children read the time.
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Months of the Year Poster — Southern Hemisphere
A poster displaying the months of the year.
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Clock Labels – 'Past' and 'To'
A template to display around your classroom clock that highlights 'past' and 'to' terminology.
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Months of the Year Poster - Southern Hemipshere - No Christmas
A poster displaying the months of the year.
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Time After Time Mathematics PowerPoint
Introduce your students to the history of the clock, time zones, and telling time with an interactive teaching presentation.
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Metric Measurement Conversion Worksheet Set
Utilise our metric measurement conversion worksheet set to give your students practise converting units of metric length, mass and capacity.
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Blank Digital and Analogue Clock Templates
Practise writing the time in digital and analogue form with this set of blank clock faces.
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The Number of Days in Each Month - Colour By Code
Help your students remember the number of days in each month with a colour-by-code worksheet.
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Days of the Week Spelling Worksheets
Use these Days of the Week Spelling worksheets to help your students practise reading, writing, and spelling the Days of the week.
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Days of the Week - Months in a Year Word Search Worksheets
Practise reading and spelling the days of the week and months of the year with printable Day and Month Word Search worksheets.
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Reading a Calendar – Worksheets
Practise locating information on a calendar with a printable Calendar Worksheet.
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It's About Time! Introduction to Time PowerPoint
Introduce your students to the concepts and history of time and for investigate the relationship between units of time with an interactive teaching slide deck.
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24-Hour Time Poster
A poster showing 24-hour time and how it correlates with am/pm.
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Paper Airplane Challenge - Measuring Distance Maths Activity
Practise measuring distance and have fun hosting a paper plane competition using a printable math investigation workbook.
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Build a Calendar - Following Instructions Worksheets
Practise following directions and using a calendar with a pack of 12 printable calendar worksheets.
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Reading a Calendar Worksheets
Practise reading a calendar with a pack of printable monthly Calendar Worksheets.
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Days of the Week Playdough Mats
Use playdough mats to help your students identify, sequence and spell the days of the week.
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Measuring Capacity Escape Room
Explore measuring and comparing capacity in litres and millilitres with this measuring capacity escape room.
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Today Is…Calendar Worksheet
Start your day with a morning calendar review using our printable daily calendar maths template.
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Converting Units of Measurement Posters
Use these posters to assist your students to learn and convert the different units of measurement.
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Interactive Days of the Week Maths Game
Introduce your little learners to the days of the week and months of the year with a self-checking interactive Calendar Maths Game.
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Calendar Maths - Days and Months Task Cards
Teach your students about calendars, days of the week, and months of the year with a Classroom Calendar Scoot Game!
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Area and Perimeter Paddock Problems – Worksheets
Use these worksheets when working on finding the area and perimeter of shapes using familiar metric units.
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Time Conversion Maths Mazes
Convert units of time while finding your way through this set of 3 Time Conversion maths mazes.
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Telling Time - Year 1 Maths Colouring Sheet
Practise telling time to the hour and half hour with a fun Telling Time Colour By Code maths worksheet!
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Telling Time in 24 Hour Format Worksheet
Practise converting between 12 and 24-hour clock times with a printable Year 5 time worksheet.
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