Converting Measurements Doodle Notes

Measurement Conversions - Multiplying & Dividing to go between Feet and Inches, and Minutes, Seconds, and Hours "doodle notes" -

When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity:
- new learning
- relaxation (less math anxiety)
- visual connections
- better memory & retention of the content!

Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on.

Content includes:
- Converting between units of length - feet and inches
- How, when, and why to multiply versus divide by 12 for lengths
- Using remainders for leftover small units
- Converting between units of time - minutes, seconds, and hours
- How, when, and why to multiply or divide once or twice by 60 for different time units and going in different directions for conversions
- Sums and differences with units of length (ex: 1 foot, 3 inches + 3 feet, 11 inches)
- Visual triggers and models for concept & retention
- generic labeling too to remember the general format for small units versus large units
- Practice & Examples
- Word problems with unit conversions
- Mixed practice page

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4 pages are included, plus answer keys, samples, and info.

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Reviews from other teachers:

-I love doodle notes and so do my students! This was a great way to introduce converting measurements. I even had them glue it into their math journals to reference back to.

-Very helpful for my students!! Working through the Doodle Notes with my students helped them visualize this math skill MUCH better. I found students referring to these notes often during this unit and when I had spiraled these skills before and after testing.

-All the A's possible! Love love love! Amazing for my SpEd students - they don't even need a fidget toy!

-This was a great activity that students were able to work on while I was gone for the day.

-I used this in my special education classroom and it really helped my students grasp the concept