Under this tab you'll find 10 sub-pages for activity ideas for 1st grade measurement. Generally, the Virginia measurement strand is broken up into money, telling time, calenders, and nonstandard measurement & comparisons. So, I've provided a few activities for each standard.
Table of Contents:
money
Race to a Dollar
Tracking Alexander's Dollar
time
Telling Time with the Grouchy Lady Bug
Time Dominoes
Calendar
Our School Day mini-book
Daily Calendar time
Months of the Year
Nonstandard Units & Comparisons
How Tall am I?
Measure it!
Materials
For this unit they're a couple of moving parts but listed below are some must-haves for the measurement classroom!
Money
- Manipulative coins
- Analog clocks
- Digital clocks
- Large clocks for kids to manipulate
- Large wall calender
- Weather chart
- Days of the week chart
- Standard Measurement Tool: Rules, Scales etc.
- Non-standard measurement tools: paper clips, unifix cubes etc.
- Things to measure and compare!