Watch this short video to remind you of how to use a ruler to measure accurately.
Gummy Snakes activity
Estimate the length of a gummy snake and then measure it.
Take a bite, and then estimate and measure the length of what is left. - Remember you must begin measuring from the 0 on the ruler, not the beginning of the ruler.
Repeat until snake is finished.
Discuss these changes with a partner.
Students to complete Scavenger hunt.
Complete this worksheet to revise estimating and measuring with centimetres.
Your teacher will give you a worksheet or task cards which require measuring with a ruler.
Sometimes we need to have a measurement that is smaller than a centimetre when we want to measure something really small or when we want to be really accurate. So we need an even smaller measurement.
Watch this video about centimetres and millimetres.
Your teacher will give you some of these activities to complete.
Then complete a Robot drawing using the measurements given.
Review of measuring using cm or m. What about if we need to measure something that is really long? We need another measurement that is bigger than centimetres or millimetres.
Watch this video.
Converting measurements. Watch the video below.
Your teacher will discuss converting measurements with you.
Your teacher will give you one of these worksheets to complete to practise changing centimetres to metres and millimetres.
Complete length workstation activities from among the following:
Indoor Olympics
Measuring Inchworms
Coloured strings
Perimeter shapes worksheet
Cake ribbon
Measure the heights of 5 classmates
Measuring and graphing activity
Your teacher will give you a Measurement test to complete.