Measuring in the Grade 1 Classroom using Non-Standard Measuring Tools

Today the Grade 1 students were given the task of using just a piece of string and non-standard measuring units, such as toothpicks or cube-a-links to determine the length of 3 different snakes. They had to carefully measure a curly snake with their partner and then determine the length of that string with their toothpicks.  Here are some of their findings!