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Have you ever wondered how many different ways you can measure a dog? Measuring Penny<\/a> by Loreen Leedy offers a great way to introduce students to measurement while discovering 14 different ways to measure a pet. At the beginning of Measuring Penny<\/em>, Mr. Jayson gives his students\u00a0a homework assignment:\u00a0“Choose something to measure and measure it in as many ways as you can…Use your imagination.” Lisa chooses to\u00a0measure her dog, Penny. She and Penny go to the park, where\u00a0they find plenty of other dogs to measure as well. Although the only “real” measurement tool that Lisa\u00a0has brought\u00a0to the park is a ruler, she finds many other creative\u00a0ways to measure the dogs. Lisa’s measurements of Penny and the other dogs include:<\/p>\n Back at home,\u00a0Lisa weighs Penny on a scale\u00a0and measures the volume of food that Penny eats. She also measures the time that she spends taking care of Penny and then calculates how much it costs for her family to care for Penny for a year. She even explains how to determine the temperature using "Penny the Thermometer".<\/p>\n This\u00a0book\u00a0has\u00a0simple, straight-forward\u00a0illustrations with cute dogs that are easy to follow and\u00a0will hold students’ attention.\u00a0Each page includes a picture of the dog part being measured, as well as a visual of the tool being used to measure it. For example, the page with the dog tails shows each tail with the corresponding number of dog biscuits laid out beside it. Each\u00a0illustration also includes\u00a0a page of Lisa’s notebook, on which she has recorded\u00a0Penny’s measurements.<\/p>\n Curriculum Connections <\/strong> Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n Book: <\/strong>Measuring Penny Have you ever wondered how many different ways you can measure a dog? Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy offers a great way to introduce students to measurement while discovering 14 different ways to measure a pet. At the beginning of … Continue reading \n
\nThis book would be an excellent resource for introducing both standard and nonstandard units of measurement. It\u00a0is simple enough to\u00a0be read to Kindergartners but could also be used as a fun and engaging way to begin a\u00a02nd or 3rd grade\u00a0lesson on the different ways to use measurements. In Virginia, this book relates to Kindergarten science SOL K.1f (nonstandard units are used to measure common objects), 1st grade science SOL 1.1e (students will investigate measurement of length, mass and volume using standard and nonstandard units), and\u00a02nd grade science SOL 2.1e (length, volume, mass, and temperature measurements are made in standard English units).<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/a>Author: <\/strong>Loreen Leedy<\/a>
\nPublisher: <\/strong>Henry Holt
\nPublication Date: <\/strong>1997
\nPages:\u00a0<\/strong>32 pages
\nGrades:<\/strong> K-3
\nISBN:<\/strong> 0-8050-5360-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"