A picture-based short and tall worksheet for Kindergarten: circle the taller object in four boxes, then draw a short flower and a tall flower. Answer key included for quick, no-prep height practice.
Is it Hot or Cold Worksheet gives kindergarten students six picture cards to sort by temperature and a line to write HOT or COLD. Answer key included, so temperature vocabulary practice takes no prep.
A Florida FAST Kindergarten math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 22 benchmarks, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
This using measurement words worksheet helps kindergarten students describe pictures as heavy or light, tall or short, long or short, and big or little. An answer key is included for quick, easy checking.
This measurement terms worksheet helps kindergarten students compare two objects and write heavy, light, tall, short or long, with an answer key for quick checking.
This measurement worksheet gives kindergarten students practice comparing objects by weight, height, and length. An answer key is included, so checking work is quick and easy.
This writing about hot and cold objects worksheet lets Kindergarten students draw two hot objects and two cold objects, then write each name on a line, building early science and writing skills.
This find and measure activity has kindergarten and 1st grade students measure true-size school objects with printable paper clip strips and compare lengths. A practice page and answer key are included.
In this ladybug measuring activity, K-1st grade children measure nine real-size objects with a ladybug strip and record each length. Practice page and answer key included.
Using this K.MD.1 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students sort objects into short and tall categories to learn about measurement.
Taller, shorter, heavier, hotter!
Kindergarten measurement is all about comparing. Kids describe things using words like long and short, tall and short, heavy and light, hot and cold. They line up two objects side by side to see which is longer, or hold one in each hand to feel which is heavier. They don't use rulers yet, just their eyes, hands and careful words. The big "aha" is learning to line up the ends first, because a pencil isn't longer just because it sticks out on one side!
Little mathematicians learn measurement by doing it. These are our favorite moves.
Give each pair a basket of objects: crayons, blocks, spoons, ribbons. They pick two, line up the ends on the table, and say "The ribbon is longer than the crayon." Saying the full sentence builds math language and careful comparing.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withShort and Tall WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Post a word wall with long, short, tall, heavy, light, hot and cold, each with a picture. During snack or recess, ask "What's heavier, your apple or your juice box?" Using the words all day is how kids really learn them.
Why it works: when kids say the precise math words, their understanding gets sharper, a recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withUsing Measurement Words WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Show pictures of a cup of cocoa, a snowman, the sun and a popsicle. Kids sort them into hot and cold piles and explain each pick. It's an easy way to practice describing an attribute.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withIs it Hot or Cold WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Measuring is a perfect excuse to move around. Try these:
WorksheetsKids hunt the room for things taller and shorter than themselves and draw what they find.
Open Measurement Worksheet →
WorksheetsUse a simple balance or your hands to compare two toys and guess first.
Open Measurement Terms Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids draw and write about something hot and something cold in their world.
Open Writing about Hot and Cold Objects Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Short and Tall Worksheet, Is it Hot or Cold Worksheet and Florida FAST Kindergarten Math Practice Test Workbook.
Kindergartners describe and compare objects by attributes like length, height, weight and temperature. They use words like longer, shorter, heavier and lighter.
Not usually. They compare objects directly by lining them up side by side. Using units and rulers comes in 1st and 2nd grade.
Compare things while you cook, clean or play: "Which spoon is longer? Which bag is heavier?" Have your child line up ends and explain their answer.
Long, short, tall, heavy, light, big, small, hot, cold, longer, shorter, heavier and lighter are great starter words.
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