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Let's Get Measuring with Connecting Cubes

PDF | 10 pages|Grades: K, 1 - 2

A set of templates to use when measuring with informal units.

Use this teaching resource when exploring the concept of measuring length using informal units.

Students will make an estimate of how long a pictorial model is in ‘connecting cubes’. Then they will measure to get their actual length.

This makes a great math center activity!

Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.A.2
Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has "more of"/"less of" the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/sho...
In Kindergarten Standards for Mathematical Practice Measurement & Data Describe and compare measurable attributes
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.A.2
Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it wi...
In Grade 1 Standards for Mathematical Practice Measurement & Data Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.D.9
Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in whole-number ...
In Grade 2 Standards for Mathematical Practice Measurement & Data Represent and interpret data

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