Imagine that you had a pet snake that was exactly one meter (m) long. How many decimeters (dm) are in one meter? How many centimeters (cm) are in one meter? These are questions that we will be exploring this month in class and at home. Each day in the month of October, we will be adding 1 decimeter or 10 centimeters to our measurement piece in Every Day Counts. If we added 1 decimeter each day for 31 days, how many decimeters will there be all together? How many centimeters will there be in all? How many meters all together? Did you estimate or did you write your thinking down on paper? What items in our world around us measure about 1 meter? I know that the width of my front door is about 1 meter wide. Bring your ideas to share with your classmates! I have included several measurement links to help reinforce the metric system at home. I can't wait to see your pet snakes slither their way into our classroom this Friday!
Measure It!
Length Strength
Wacky Ruler
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