Measurement Conversion for 4th and 5th Grade Students

Make Measurement Conversion Relevant.

You can use anchor charts and cheat sheets all day long, but until you help students connect measurement conversion to real life, it doesn’t make a lot of sense!

Another relevant use for this important skill is understanding distance. I have a lot of students who love to run! Track and field events are often measured in yards. Have your students convert yards to feet and then miles to see the distance they are running. Measuring short lengths is also important too. Making scale models for class or building things at home is so much easier when students understand how to convert customary and metric lengths.

Practice measurement conversion.

Once students have the formulas and conversion charts available, it’s important to practice!  I love to have students practice in a chart form where they can notice the patterns in the numbers.  Many students may be able to see that multiplication is the operation that is used to go from smaller units of measurement to larger units, while division is used to go from larger units of measurement to smaller units of measurement.

It includes the following…

• A Student Journal Cover to organize into a mini booklet for your students
• Anchor Chart for Metric and Customary Units of Measurement (2)
• Mini Anchor Charts (2)

Customary Length

• Feet to Yards Conversion Practice (2)
• Feet to Miles Conversion Practice (2)

Customary Weight

• Pounds to Ounces (2)
• Tons to Pounds (2)

Customary Capacity

• Cups to Fluid Ounces (2)
• Quarts to Gallons (2)

Metric Length

• Kilometers to Meters

Metric Mass

• Kilograms to grams

Temperature

• Fahrenheit to Celsius

Customary Length to Metric Length

• Inches to cm

Mixed Review

• 2 activities

Measurement Word Problems

• 2 different activities (with 1 additional page that is differentiated with multiple-choice options for students that need extra support)

True and False

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I like to pair these worksheets to practice measurement conversion for 4th and 5th grade students along with hands-on, relevant measurement activities in the classroom and at home. Incorporating recipes, track and field activities, and even finding temperatures in different parts of the world are ways to practice measurement conversion.