We had a great time using marshmallows to measure and estimate. Students were presented with two jars of marshmallows. One contained mini marshmallows and the other regular sized ones. We then asked the students, which jar has more? After making our best guess, we counted each jar. Who would have thought that we would have counted 104 mini marshmallows!
We also used marshmallows to measure some classroom objects. Students lined up marshmallows along side a paper clip, a cotton ball, a rubber band and craft sticks. We asked students to then show how long each item was by coloring in that many marshmallows on their worksheet. Many were able to predict their measurements. Wow!
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