Measurement

We have started our unit on measurement.  The students were given a one inch, one foot, and one yard long piece of ribbon and asked to find things that are about that long.  They were to search around the room and use what they know to find things that were close to the same size.  It was a lot of fun to see them get up and explore the room.  Today, we made the connection of how many inch ribbons we have to put together to make a foot (12) and how many feet ribbons we have to put together to make a yard (3).  We even did a few conversion problems together.  They are quite the mathematicians!