Measuring with names!

Hi friends!

We had a crazy week this week...it always seems to be that way this time of the year, am I right?! We're getting MAJOR Spring fever (and by we, I am definitely included in that statement) in my class.  Two. more. weeks. I. can. do. it!

We started measurement this week in my class. My kids have LOVED doing this- so many fun activities to do! First we had a hopping race and measured with yarn how long each of us could jump. The crowd cheered when I jumped farther than them all! haha! (you may not know this, but I am the clumsiest least athletic person alive. It was a feat, y'all, to be able to jump further than these kids!)

The next day we read Chrysanthemum and measured our names in linking cubes. Thank goodness no one in my class has a longer name than Chrysanthemum! I EVEN let them write with a dry erase marker on the cubes. I know! What a thrill!

 We compared with partners several times. I had the longer name stand, shorter name stand, and equal names stand one at a time. I have a LOT of kids in my class with 5 letters in their name. Who knew?!

Then, we had to walk around and find a partner that had an equal amount of linking cubes in their stacks. I only had one little girl that did not have a partner- we just made up a name that would be 4 letters to match with her!

 I made up this little worksheet to go along with the activity: Snag it up if you'd like. My kids had a ball doing this activity! {click on the picture}

I've also finished up my St. Patrick's Day packet! woohoo! Here are a few little sample pages from the pack. Click HERE to take a look! Leave me a comment with your email address and I will pick 2 people to win this packet tomorrow at 10 pm! Congrats #43 Megan and #18 Susan! Random Number generator helped me out! ;)

I hope your week is fabulous!