After After School

After School
School Nonstandard Measurement
Nonstandard Measurement

What do you do after school?

Do you dance, practice music,
or play sports? You can learn
how to measure using tools you
find around you. Find out how
measurement can be used in the
activities you do after
school each day.

Nielsen

Measurement
Aubrie Nielsen
TCM14440 ■
After School
Nonstandard Measurement

Aubrie Nielsen
 Consultants
Chandra C. Prough, M.S.Ed.
National Board Certified
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ABC Unified School District
Publishing Credits
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Chris McIntyre, M.A.Ed., Editorial Director
James Anderson, M.S.Ed., Editor
Aubrie Nielsen, M.S.Ed., Associate Education Editor
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Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher

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 Table of Contents
After School..................... 4
You Try It!...................... 24
Solve the Problem.......... 28
Glossary.........................30
Answer Key.................... 32

3
 What do you do
after school?

4
Try to measure!
It is fun to do.

5
 He likes to play
the violin.

6
How long is the violin?

It is 5 hands long.

7
 They take
dance class.

8
How long is the shoe?

It is 6 paper clips long.

9
 She likes to swim.

10
How wide is one lane?

It is 7 flippers wide.

11
 They play soccer.

12
How wide is the field?

It is 8 coaches wide.

13
 She plays the piano.

14
How tall is the piano?

It is 6 shoes tall.

15
 They play basketball.

16
How tall is the hoop?

It is 10 balls tall.

17
 He does his
homework.

18
How heavy is his
backpack?

It weighs as much
as 3 books.

19
 She likes to paint.

20
How heavy is
the paint?

It weighs as much
as 8 blocks.

21
 What things can
you measure after
school?

22
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 He rides his bike.

24
How tall is the bike?
Measure in helmets.

25
 She takes karate class.

26
How wide is her belt?
Use tools to measure.

27
 lve the
So Problem

What can you measure

in your classroom?

Materials
paper
pencil
object to
measure
tools for
measuring

28
1 Find an object in
your classroom.
2 Find tools to use to
measure.
3 Measure your object.
• How long is it?
• How wide is it?
• How tall is it?
• How heavy is it?

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 Glossary
heavy—a measurement
of how much an
object weighs

long—a measurement
from end to end

measure—to find
out how long, tall,
wide, or heavy an
object is

30
tall—a measurement
from top to bottom

weighs—measures
how heavy an
object is
wide—a measurement
of the shorter side
of an object

31
 You Try It!
Pages 24–25:
Five (5) helmets tall
Pages 26–27:
Answers will vary. Possibilities
include one (1) paper clip or three
(3) centimeter cubes, but students
can use any object to measure.

Solve the Problem

Answers will vary based on the
objects used.

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