We had a half-day this week and my second grade team decided to switch up our usual half-day routines and try a math concept day. The students traveled from room to room and participated in hands-on, engaging math activities during four, 30 minute rotations. Each teacher targeted a different major math standard - graphing, money, geometry, and measurement. I got the chance to do measurement in my room and boy, did we have fun! The students let toy cars go down ramps and measured how far they went (hello, 5th grade force and motion!) and also measured their friends' heights in centimeters and inches. It was interesting to see how the different measurements compared. All in all, it was a fun day and I'm already looking forward to the next half-day so we can have even more math fun!
Students worked together to measure how far their cars went. It was interesting to see how the rougher carpet (friction!) effected the distance the cars went!
The students had to use multiple yard sticks when measuring their height. They learned to add the two lengths together to find out their true height!
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