Over the last several weeks, we have been focusing on various measurement concepts (including counting money, measuring temperature, weight/mass, capacity/liquid volume, length/width/height). Last week we took a closer look at measuring temperature and capacity! To learn about temperature, students rotated through 3 stations including a computer activity, a SMARTboard activity, and a game called "Scoot." During these rotations, students practiced reading thermometers and answering word problems involving temperature. Here are some examples:
The next time we met, we shifted our focus to capacity or liquid volume. Students had already been introduced to the units used to measure liquid volume (cups, pints, quarts, and gallons) and had even constructed a Mr. Gallon Man! We took our thinking a step further and used Mr. Gallon Man to find equivalents between units and compare given amounts. Here are some sample questions from our lesson:
After practicing whole group, students then broke into small groups to play an exciting game called BANG. In this game, students pull a random card from the pile. They then answer the question on the card. If they are correct, they keep the card and play moves to the next person. The goal is to answer as many questions as you can correctly and be the player with the most cards when time is up. But be careful - hidden in the deck are cards labeled with the work "BANG." These cards cause a player to lose all of the cards they earned up to that point!