Elementary Mathematics: Measurement

Discover everything you need to successfully teach measurement to elementary students, from references and lesson plans to printable worksheets and graphic organizers.

Discover everything you need to successfully teach measurement to elementary students, from references and lesson plans to printable worksheets and mathematical graphic organizers. These resources will improve your teaching skills by helping you understand how the topic of measurement can be approached and taught for your students' maximum absorption and retention.

Powerful Ideas Related to Measurement

From linear measurement to volume and weight, you'll find the references you need to improve your teaching skills and help your students understand the tremendously practical and wide-ranging topic of measurement.

• Powerful Ideas Related to Measurement
• The Concept of Measurement
• Measurement Units as Standards
• The Use of Formulas in Measurement
• Estimation in Measurement
• The Power of the Metric System
• Linear Measurement Compared with Area Measurement
• Linear Measurement
• Measurement of Time
• Measurement of Volume
• Measurement of Weight
• Why Does Measurement Matter?
• Measurement Activities

Developing Measurement Concepts

Take a student-centered approach to teaching elementary mathematics. These printables contain great strategies for developing children's measurement concepts.

• The Meaning & Process of Measurement
• Developing Measurement Concepts & Skills
• Measuring Length
• Measuring Area
• Measuring Volume & Capacity
• Measuring Weight & Mass
• Measuring Time
• Measuring Angles
• Introducing Standard Units
• Estimating Measures
• Developing Formulas for Area & Volume
• Expanded Lesson on Fixed Areas

Instruction for Students with Learning Problems

Ensure that all of your students with learning disabilities and exceptionalities are prepared to study measurement in an in-depth manner.

• Math in Today's Schools
• Mathematical Dispositions
• Encouraging Students with Learning Problems
• Mathematics Reform
• National Mathematics Standards
• Scope of the Mathematics Curriculum
• High-Stakes Testing & Implications for Students with Learning Problems
• Collaboration in Today's Math Classroom

Measurement Worksheets & Graphic Organizers

Explore units of measurement and geometric shapes, with these mathematics printables. Use these resources to practice measuring space and time with your students.

• 2-cm Square Grid
• 1-cm Square Grid
• 0.5-cm Square Grid
• 2-cm Isometric Grid
• 1-cm Square/Diagonal Grid
• Tangrams and Mosaic Puzzles
• Rectangle Comparison
• Rectangle Comparison—Units
• Clock Faces
• Degrees and Wedges
• Rectangles—36 Tiles Dimension Chart