Your students will have Valentine's Day fun measuring pictures of Valentine's Day cards to the nearest centimeter.They'll continue the fun by making a line plot of their measurements then answer questions about the line plot they created. Also included is a teaching poster showing an example of a line plot that could be used at any time of the year. CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.A.1 Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.D.9 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in whole-number units.