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Expert teachers share a wealth of classroom-tested lessons that help students understand why and how to measure length, area, volume, weight, time, temperature, and angles. The book provides engaging real-world contexts to help students understand what it means to measure, using standard and nonstandard units. The lessons emphasize connections between two or more measurement topics and include connections to other disciplines, such as literature, social studies, or science. Each lesson is organized in an accessible, easy-to-use format that includes an overview, a list of materials, a vocabulary list, and step-by-step teaching directions.Confer, Chris is the author of 'Sizing up Measurement', published 2007 under ISBN 9780941355803 and ISBN 0941355802.
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