Measurement Words Computer Center

Each month my class changes math topics.  Last month, we studied money.  This month, we are working on measurement. Luckily, I teach first grade, so we are only measuring with non-standard units – some of the older students I work with are having such an issue with customary units (which are not commonly used where I teach in Morocco) that I don’t think I’d like to go down that road in the classroom!  Unfortunately, measuring with non-standard units is a hard topic to find computer games on. I was about to give up and let this month’s computer center simply focus on addition ( a skill we can always use practice in!), and then I came across a great PBS game that works on the language that goes along with measurement. You know: longer, shorter, higher, lower, heavier, lighter. For my English Language Learners, this will be a great way to work on that vocabulary that comes naturally to those of us who speak English as a first language.  Here’s a link to the game, which uses Clifford to get kids thinking about those comparison vocabulary words.

Each month my class changes math topics.  Last month, we studied money.  This month, we are working on measurement. Luckily, I teach first grade, so we are only measuring with non-standard units – some of the older students I work with are having such an issue with customary units (which are not commonly used where I teach in Morocco) that I don’t think I’d like to go down that road in the classroom!  Unfortunately, measuring with non-standard units is a hard topic to find computer games on. I was about to give up and let this month’s computer center simply focus on addition ( a skill we can always use practice in!), and then I came across a great PBS game that works on the language that goes along with measurement. You know: longer, shorter, higher, lower, heavier, lighter. For my English Language Learners, this will be a great way to work on that vocabulary that comes naturally to those of us who speak English as a first language.  Here’s a link to the game, which uses Clifford to get kids thinking about those comparison vocabulary words.

Each month my class changes math topics.  Last month, we studied money.  This month, we are working on measurement. Luckily, I teach first grade, so we are only measuring with non-standard units – some of the older students I work with are having such an issue with customary units (which are not commonly used where I teach in Morocco) that I don’t think I’d like to go down that road in the classroom!  Unfortunately, measuring with non-standard units is a hard topic to find computer games on. I was about to give up and let this month’s computer center simply focus on addition ( a skill we can always use practice in!), and then I came across a great PBS game that works on the language that goes along with measurement. You know: longer, shorter, higher, lower, heavier, lighter. For my English Language Learners, this will be a great way to work on that vocabulary that comes naturally to those of us who speak English as a first language.  Here’s a link to the game, which uses Clifford to get kids thinking about those comparison vocabulary words.