Measuring

With Kevin the Kangaroo

Kevin the Kangaroo has been thinking about how wonderful it is that all this friends are different shapes , colours and sizes.

I wonder who the tallest could

be…

I wonder who the shortest could be…

Kevin decided that he would have to do some measuring! So, he hopped away to look for his friend Lyndall the Lizard, desperately wanting answers to his questions.

It wasn’t long before Kevin came across his friend Lyndall the Lizard.

Kevin told her what he had been thinking, and asked if she could help him.

What do we have to do so that we can compare the differences

in our heights?

Let’s ask the class!

Oh! That’s right! We have to line up from shortest to tallest!

So, Kevin and Lyndall discussed who was tallest, and who was shortest, and then lined up beside each other to check.

I am shorter than Kevin.

So, I am short.

I am taller than Lyndall. So, I am tall.

Kevin was happy, now he could see who was taller, and who was shorter…

But he still wanted to find out just how tall theywere.

How might I able to figure out how

tall we are?

Oh! I can use another object to measure how tall we are… but what

to use?

Grains of sand? No way! They are so

small I would need thousands to

measure myself!

What about this stick? Hmmm… I think it would be too big to measure Lyndall and I’m not strong enough

to break it into smaller pieces…

Ah! Rocks like these would be

perfect!

So, Kevin searched and searched to find lots of rocksThat were exactly the same size and shape. When he finished, he neatly stacked the rocks on top of each other next to Lyndall and himself to measure how tall they were.

Can you help me measure?

How many of these rocks tall are we?

4

8

FANTASTIC MEASURING!

Kevin and Lyndall were so pleased that now they knew how to measure, they quickly hopped off to find other things to measure.

Now it’s our turn!