I assigned the students into pairs and they were each assigned two different squares, one from the sidewalk and one from the patio area. The front of the building has various sizes of cement squares and then a large sidewalk which runs along State St. Oh course the students though measuring in feet was easy. At first a few were stumped on how to add the inches since their rulers weren't quite long enough, but after some investigation and reflection they remembered how to use their finger to make the last point they stopped and THEN MOVE THE RULER! I enjoyed watching the students do this assignment and it was great to get out an enjoy the abnormally nice sunshine we've had this week. It's actually supposed to be almost 70 degrees on Sunday!
A couple students amazed me with their mental math skills when they realized for inches it was repeated addition with plus 12 most of the time.
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