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Customary Length Measurement

3 Corners

By Greater Richmond Fit4Kids

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Teacher Directions

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  • Print corner labels - find them at the end of this presentation

  • Tape in the corners of the room

 

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Directions

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  1. Everyone is in a corner

  • A problem will show up on the screen

  • Decide which corner is correct

  • Check the corner of the slide for what to do when you’re ready

  • Point to the correct corner when the teacher says

 

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C

Practice Question:

What grade are you in?

Arm Circles when you know.

A

B

3rd

4th

2nd

 

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Which unit would you use to measure a butterfly?

Arm Circles when you know.

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

 

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Which is the best estimate of a butterflies wingspan?

Arm Circles when you know.

A

B

C

1 ½ in.

6 in.

3 in.

 

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Corner Switch!

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If your name has the letter _____ you may switch corners.

 

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Which unit would you use to measure a football field?

Side Bends when you know.

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

 

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Which is the best estimate of the length of a football field?

A

B

C

10 yd.

50 yd.

300 yd.

Side Bends when you know.

 

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Which unit would you use to measure sunglasses?

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

Side Bends when you know.

 

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Corner Switch!

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If you have _____ you may switch corners.

 

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Which of these is about an inch?

Sky Reaches when you know.

A

B

C

quarter

baseball

airplane

 

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Which of these is about a foot?

A

B

C

chair

football

car

Sky Reaches when you know.

 

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Which of these is about a yard?

A

B

C

stapler

bus

arm

Sky Reaches when you know.

 

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Corner Switch!

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If you have a _____ as a pet you may switch corners.

 

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A door is about 9_____ tall.

Arm Circles when you know.

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

 

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A chair is about 14 _____ wide.

Arm Circles when you know.

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

 

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A school bus is about 480_____ long.

Arm Circles when you know.

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

 

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Corner Switch!

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If you have a _____ you may switch corners.

 

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What unit would you use to measure the distance from one classroom to another?

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

Side Bends when you know.

 

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What unit would you use to measure an apple?

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

Side Bends when you know.

 

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What unit would you use to measure a basketball court?

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

Side Bends when you know.

 

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Corner Switch!

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If you are wearing _____ you may switch corners.

 

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What unit would you use to measure a house?

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

Sky Reaches when you know.

 

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What unit would you use to measure a strawberry?

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

Sky Reaches when you know.

 

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What unit would you use to measure a pencil?

A

B

C

inches

feet

yards

Sky Reaches when you know.

 

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Corner Switch!

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If your hair is _____ you may switch corners.

 

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What is the same as 12 inches?

Arm Circles when you know.

A

B

C

1 inch

1 foot

1 yard

 

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What is the same as 5,280 feet?

Arm Circles when you know.

A

B

C

1 mile

1 foot

1 yard

 

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What is the same as 3 feet?

Arm Circles when you know.

A

B

C

1 inch

1 foot

1 yard

 

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Cool Down...

Mummy

Pretzel

 

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Posters for the corners

(Print and post in the room)

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A

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B

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C