Math this week brought with it some interesting characters...inchworms, footworms and yardworms! The students have been hearing the sequel of Jack and the Beanstalk titled "Jim and the Beanstalk." In this story, Jim gets to explore a bit of giant land and finds out that there are huge worms that live in the giant's garden. These worms help each other out by giving piggybacks across the garden. Inchworms are as big as you'd expect, each one inch long. Here you can see the inchworm rulers the kids made, each with twelve worms and a foot long. This is where things get a bit more interesting. Footworms are each one foot long and as you can see, come in a variety of colors and patterns. And finally we come to yardworms. These gentle giants are, as I'm sure you guessed by now, each a yard long. This unit is a fun one for students because they get to exercise their creativity in the creation of the worms. But that's not all. The students also had to solve all sorts of tricky questions involving these worms.
They were using standard units of measurement, converting inches to feet to yards and back again, and using critical thinking for questions such as these.... Can two footworms carry 27 inchworms across the garden? Explain your thinking. If there are a 100 inchworms waiting for a piggyback ride, how many inchworms would 1 yardworm and 2 footworms be able to take in the first ride? How many inchworms are still waiting for their ride? Comments are closed.
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Marcella HitchcockMs. Hitchcock teaches second grade, is a mom of two, an avid reader, lifelong learner, and a seeker of sunshine! Archives
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