Teaching resources for parents and teachers

Measurement Worksheets and Teaching Notes

Choose a skill for the child you teach. Read the teaching notes, work through an example together, then print a worksheet and a separate answer key. Grade labels are a guide; use earlier skills when your student needs more support.

• Telling Time Worksheets to 5 Minutes

  Use a clock with movable hands to teach time to the nearest five minutes.

• Length Word Problems

  Use a consistent scale to explain two changes in a length.

• Liters and Grams Word Problems

  Distinguish the number of containers from the amount in each container.

• Telling Time Worksheets: Hours and Half Hours

  Teach hours and half hours using both clock hands.

• Perimeter Worksheets: Rectangles

  Teach perimeter as one complete trip around a boundary.

• Area Worksheets: Counting Square Units

  Use unit squares to distinguish area from perimeter.

• Volume Worksheets: Unit Cubes and Layers

  Teach volume by building and counting equal layers.

• Comparing Lengths Worksheets: Ordering 3 Objects

  Teach length comparison with aligned starting points.

• Elapsed Time Word Problems

  Distinguish a clock time from an amount of elapsed time.

• Measurement Conversion Worksheets

  Teach unit conversion as renaming an unchanged measurement.

• Angles Worksheets: Measuring and Drawing Angles

  Model how to position and read a protractor.

• Measurement Worksheets: Estimating and Measuring a Book

  Use estimation to give a measurement context before reaching for a ruler.

• Measurement Conversion Worksheets: Larger Units

  Explain why a larger unit requires a smaller count for the same measurement.

• Longer and Shorter Worksheets for Kindergarten

  Teach length comparison by lining up the starting points.