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Features

How tall: a snowman, a penguin, a tree and a snow shovel beside towers of cubes
How long: a sled, a polar bear, a seal pup and icicles above trains of cubes
Circle the taller one and find how many cubes taller
A scarf, a carrot nose, a stick arm and an icicle on an inch ruler at real size
Put snowmen and icicles in order, then find the difference
Snow and winter pictures, nothing from any holiday
Every page in color and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Measure height and length with cubes
Compare two heights and find the difference
Order three things by length

Measure in inches with a ruler
Line up the end of a thing with 0
Add and subtract lengths

How to Use This Pack

Five pages of measuring with winter things. Every cube in the pack is the same size, and every picture is drawn exactly a whole number of cubes tall or long, so each count comes out exact. Page 1 puts a snowman, a penguin, a tree and a snow shovel beside towers of cubes on the same ground line: count the cubes to tell how tall each one is. Page 2 lays a sled, a polar bear, a seal pup and a row of icicles above trains of cubes, with dashed lines at both ends. Page 3 has two things side by side in each row: circle the taller one and write how many cubes taller it is. Page 4 is at real size: line up a scarf, a carrot nose, a stick arm and a broken icicle with 0 on the inch ruler, read the length, then find how much longer one is and how long two are end to end. Page 5 orders three snowmen from shortest to tallest and three icicles from longest to shortest, and asks for the difference.

In the Classroom

Linking cubes on every table make pages 1 to 3 concrete: build a tower as tall as a snowman in the picture, then a real one as tall as a water bottle. Before page 4, show how a ruler's end is not always its 0, and practice lining the end of a pencil up with 0. Pages 1 and 2 suit 1st grade; pages 3 to 5 stretch into 2nd grade's how much longer and inches. There is nothing from any holiday on the pages, so they work in any school all winter.

At Home

Build a snowman out of three stacked pillows, or cut paper strips for scarves, and measure them with blocks or LEGO bricks. Line up three spoons and order them from shortest to longest, then measure each one with a ruler.

Tips for Success

Count every cube once: touch each one as you count
Line up the end with 0, not with the edge of the ruler
Find the shortest first, then the longest; the one left is in the middle
To find how much taller, subtract the smaller number from the bigger one

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

1.MD.A.1 Put three objects in order from longest to shortest, and compare two lengths by checking each against a third object.
1.MD.A.2 Measure an object by lining up equal-size units (like cubes) along it without spaces or overlapping, and give the whole-number count.
2.MD.A.1 Choose a suitable tool, such as a ruler, yardstick, meter stick or tape measure, and use it to measure length.
2.MD.A.2 Measure one object with two different units, such as inches and centimeters, and explain why a smaller unit gives a bigger number.
2.MD.A.4 Measure two objects and find the difference in their lengths in a standard unit.
2.MD.B.5 Solve story problems about lengths in the same unit, adding or subtracting within 100, with drawings like rulers and equations.
2.MD.D.9 Measure several objects, or one object several times, in whole units and display the results on a line plot.

Snowman Measuring

1st – 2nd Grade

Winter measuring with snowmen, penguins, sleds, polar bears, scarves and icicles. Students count cubes to find how tall and how long things are, compare and order lengths, and measure in inches with a ruler at real size.

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What’s Included

5 worksheets, each with a matching answer key
Every worksheet in color and in black and white
Cube towers and trains for how tall and how long
Taller and shorter, and ordering snowmen and icicles
An inch ruler at real size, with how much longer and end to end

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