How Tall are My Teachers?

Students have been working very hard since the begininng of the year on measurement. We have learned about different measuring tools like rulers, meter sticks, yard sticks, and measuring tape. We also learned what different measurements each tool has and learned how to estimate the size of something. We measured some interesting things like classroom items, parts of our own bodies, and how far we can jump. We used this last one to learn how to make a tally chart and line plot. Both of these were really a challenge. Finally, we looked at some of our measurements and wrote comparisons sentences.

At the end of our unit the students were given a pretty big challenge as a transfer task. They had to measure 10 teachers and explain the tool they used, how they did it, create their own tally chart and line plot, and finally write some comparisons about the teachers, all on their own.