As part of our inquiries into growth and measurement, we've been thinking about concepts like change, bigger/smaller, longer/shorter, and distance and length. At home, we traced our own feet and our mum's (or dad's) feet. We brought the cutouts to school and compared them to each other and with our friends' feet. We even compared them to a basketball player's footprint, which was huge!
To practice our measurement skills, we used all of the feet as non-standard measurement tools to find the lengths of various pieces of tape around the room. We developed strategies for measuring and identified common errors, like leaving gaps between the objects used to measure, not keeping the objects straight, and not starting at the beginning of the line. We also thought about how the number of steps it took to measure the line was connected to how short or long the feet we used to measure were. Thanks to our parents for letting us use their feet!
To practice our measurement skills, we used all of the feet as non-standard measurement tools to find the lengths of various pieces of tape around the room. We developed strategies for measuring and identified common errors, like leaving gaps between the objects used to measure, not keeping the objects straight, and not starting at the beginning of the line. We also thought about how the number of steps it took to measure the line was connected to how short or long the feet we used to measure were. Thanks to our parents for letting us use their feet!