Thursday, March 17, 2011

Measuring Penny

In this delightful story, Lisa has a homework assignment to measure something. She decides to measure her dog Penny. How tall is she? How much does she weigh? How fast can she run to her food bowl? Lisa uses standard units like inches and centimeters, and nonstandard units like dog biscuits!

Students in my third grade class got really into this book. We chose partners and created our very own "Penny" to measure. We used non-standard units such as cotton swabs and paper clips. Students then used tape measures to measure their pets to the nearest inches and centimeters. Math is so much FUN!