Learning About Height

This is the end-result of one of our math lessons related to measuring height.  Mrs. Beselaere and I each worked with a group of students.  Each child placed their item on the board according to "shortest to tallest" order.

Before Halloween the children enjoyed measuring the height of different pumpkins in our classroom using snap cubes.  For the activity shown in the above collage, the children measured pumpkins they made.  They could make their pumpkins any size and shape.  The children measured their pumpkins from the bottom to the top of the stem and recorded the measurement  on a sticker on their pumpkins.  A few students were very interested in ordering the pumpkins from "shortest to tallest" (see our "Short To Tall Pumpkin Wall" collage below).