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The Gallon Game: Engaging, Hands-On Measurement Conversion Practice
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Do your students struggle with Measurement conversion? Students will love playing the Gallon Game to practice measurement conversion using Gallons, Quarts, Pints, and Cups! The included extension activity based on the game cards makes connections to equivalent fractions to really deepen student understanding.

Unlike a worksheet, this game can be used over and over again to reinforce this concept! Students will begin to memorize these relationships and will think back and visualize this game when solving conversion word problems.

There are color and blackline versions of the game included.

⭐Why did I create this product?⭐

This game is a fun way for students to practice measurement conversions in a visual way. For many students, setting up a conversion table is too abstract. This game helped me build a foundation for conversions. The game cards are essentially manipulatives, and after playing this game with students, conversion tables became much less abstract and make sense mathematically.

Another benefit is that with repetitive play, students internalize these customary conversions and can visualize what needs to be done when making conversions between cups, pints, quarts and gallons. (I have played this game so many times that this is what I visualize when making conversions while baking and cooking!)

⭐TEKS Alignment⭐

4.8(B) Convert measurements within the same measurement system, customary or metric, from a smaller unit into a larger unit or a larger unit into a smaller unit when given other equivalent measures represented in a table.

⭐Common Core Alignment⭐

4.MD.A.1: Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz.; l, ml; hr, min, sec. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Record measurement equivalents in a two-column table.For example, know that 1 ft is 12 times as long as 1 in. Express the length of a 4 ft snake as 48 in. Generate a conversion table for feet and inches listing the number pairs (1, 12), (2, 24), (3, 36), ...

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Teacher reviews

“This is helpful for students to see the conversions and how they are equivalent.”
Sarah M.
“I loved being able to use this in my classroom. It gave students a great way for them to demonstrate how different measurements were related in an engaging way.”
Elizabeth H.
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In addition to my work in education, I also run a STEM-based Christmas Light Show business. When I'm not creating new math resources or working with teachers, I'm designing and fabricating light shows sequenced to music with my husband and our team. That business came about after our family was featured on ABC's The Great Christmas Light Fight. My son attends the University of Texas, Austin and I'm currently soaking up every last minute with my daughter, a high school senior.

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