Measure Up

Starting a unit on measurement? Prime students' brains and get them thinking about the two systems of measurement: customary and metric. And...that means focusing on the units for measuring length, capacity, and mass. 

Students cut apart the word slips and sort them. Use this activity as a preassessment to see what students already know. Use it during your unit of study as a formative assessment piece. 

You can grab this freebie here if you want to try this Measurement Sort with your students.

Take a look at this YouTube video, which helps students see the difference between the meanings of mass and weight. The video focuses on metric units. The realization that these two words do not mean the same thing sometimes is rather shocking to students.