Measuring Length

Measuring School Supplies: Centimeters

Introduce your first grader to centimeters by helping her measure some familiar things: school supplies!

1st grade

Math

Worksheet

What's the Length?

How to Measure with a Ruler

What's the Length?

Advance your students from relative measurements to learning about standardized units with this lesson that teaches them about inches and feet by using common classroom objects.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Measurement Learning Check

How to Measure with a Ruler

Learning how to measure with a ruler is a skill kids will use throughout their whole lives! Build measurement skills with this practice page.

1st grade

Math

Worksheet

Measurement Learning Check

This resource will help assess your students' mastery of concepts surrounding measurement and time. This worksheet will challenge your third graders with problems on area, perimeter, measurement, and elapsed time problems.

3rd grade

Math

Worksheet

Measurement Madness

Measure & Compare: Inches & Centimeters

Measurement Madness

This math lesson is filled with fun hands-on non-standard measurement activities! The lesson begins with an interactive story then has students explore measurement using several different objects as their tools!

1st grade

Math

Lesson plan

World Tour: Measurement

Game

World Tour: Measurement

Help out with the Twigs World Tour, and practice measuring with different units from both metric and standard systems.

3rd grade

Math

Game

Jack and the Beanstalk Fun Pack

Measure & Compare: Inches & Centimeters

Ready, set, measure! Practice measuring in centimeters and inches using your very own paper ruler! Students will measure the length of real objects found around the room in this fun hands-on activity.

2nd grade

Math

Worksheet

Jack and the Beanstalk Fun Pack

This workbook tells the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Read, count and measure along with Jack!

1st grade

Math

Workbook

Measurement 1

Guided Lesson

Measurement 1

This guided lesson takes kids on an exploration of the world of measurement, from weight to volume to recording data. Commonly, third graders have a difficult time applying math skills to real-world problems, but this lesson, designed by our curriculum experts, will help provide important context for measurement skills. For even more printable practice, consider downloading and printing the recommended measurement worksheets.

3rd grade

Math

Guided Lesson

Measure It, Man!

Measure It, Man!

Students participate in a classroom scavenger hunt with a partner to measure common classroom objects using a ruler.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Data and Graphing

Measurement Practice: Centimeters

Data and Graphing

Become a master of analysis! In this series, kids practice collecting, creating and plotting data on graphs. Then they'll practice reading graphs, making predictions, and comparing data.

3rd grade

Math

Workbook

Determining Relative Size: Measure Up!

Measurement Practice: Centimeters

Get some sensational measurement practice with this centimeter worksheet.

1st grade

Math

Worksheet

Determining Relative Size: Measure Up!

The world is their measuring stick! In this lesson, students will practice measuring objects using the world around them for units of measurement.

1st grade

Math

Lesson plan

For Good Measure

For Good Measure

This workbook deals with more advanced forms of measurement, including pre-geometry concepts like perimeter and area, and data skills like graphing and charting.

3rd grade

Math

Workbook

Measuring in Inches

Measure a Sneaker: Centimeters

Measuring in Inches

Measurement is an important part of math and everyday life! Practice measuring in inches using this basic intro sheet.

1st grade

Math

Worksheet

Measure a Sneaker: Centimeters

Practice measuring centimeters with your first grader as you find the length of each shoe.

1st grade

Math

Worksheet

Practice Reading Lengths

Practice Reading Lengths

Get your third grader to practice with measurement! Challenge her to measure the adorable images on this printable in either feet or inches.

3rd grade

Math

Worksheet

How Big Is It?

Measurement: Length in Centimeters

How Big Is It?

Your young scientists will have tons of fun visiting measurement stations and using tools to measure various objects. They'll even be able to create posters at the end of the activity.

1st grade

Math

Lesson plan

Measurement: Length in Centimeters

First graders practice measurement in centimeters as they measure ribbons long and short.

1st grade

Math

Worksheet

The Smaller They Come

Line Plots: Representing the Length of Classroom Items

The Smaller They Come

Help your students use rulers in the classroom with this lesson! Encourage them to measure items around them using centimeters to understand shapes and sizes.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Line Plots: Representing the Length of Classroom Items

In this lesson, your students will measure the lengths of items and then make a line plot to show the measurement data. They will get hands-on by measuring and surveying the class.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Make Believe

Measuring with Inches and Centimeters

Make Believe

Rapunzel, Cinderella and your average garden fairy take residence in this fun workbook that includes simple addition and numbers review, plus mazes and puzzle activities.

1st grade

Math

Workbook