{"id":1533,"date":"2012-02-08T22:27:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T06:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2012-08-06T06:59:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:59:25","slug":"measuring-our-feet-a-fun-first-grade-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=1533","title":{"rendered":"Measuring our Feet &#8211; A Fun First Grade Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1538\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1538\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012-02-01-15.52.49-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Area of our foot\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012-02-01-15.52.49-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2012-02-01-15.52.49-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Partners traced each other&#8217;s feet. Then we used Unifix cubes to determine the area. (Partial squares got a little tricky but we did a little fraction work.) Then table teams grouped their Unifix into tens and ones for some place value practice. The kids LOVED that they got to take off their shoes. 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