Number & Operations with Measurement: Three-in-a-Row Board

Directions: Choose one task from each column. Cross out each task as you complete it to make three in a row straight across or diagonal.
Money

Time: Clocks

Time: Calendars

Collect $1
Roll a dice. Collect the number of pennies on
your dice. Record the total amount of money
you have. Make trades for coins of a larger
value whenever you can. Record your trades
using =. The goal is to collect $1. Play alone,
with a partner, or small group.

Collecting Time Data

Choose three activities from the list below.
Estimate about how many seconds each
activity will take you to do.
Measure the actual time using a
stopwatch. Record your data.
Compare your estimate to your actual
time. How close was your estimate?
Activities: Bounce a ball 100 times. Do 100
jumping jacks. Hop 100 times. Walk from the
bottom of the first floor stairs to the top of the
third floor stairs. Make 100 tally marks. Do 20
push-ups. Roll a ball back-and-forth to a
partner 100 times. Sing the alphabet song.
My Schedule
Create your daily schedule for a typical
Tuesday. Create analog and digital clocks for
each time. You might also draw a quick pic for
each time. Record your reflections:
What parts of your schedule will repeat
tomorrow? What parts of your schedule
will change tomorrow?
What parts of your schedule will repeat
next Tuesday? What parts of your
schedule will change next Tuesday?
What parts of your schedule will repeat
next June 10th? What parts of your
schedule will change next June 10th?

Patterns in Calendars
Create a calendar for the year ____ using the
blank templates. Mark any important
anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, etc. Record
your reflections:
What patterns did you use to help you
construct the calendar?
What patterns did you use to label the
calendar with months, days of the week,
and dates?

Set: Dollars
Make a 3x4 grid with12 face-up coin cards.
Players look for pairs of cards to make one
dollar.
When a player finds a pair, the player
says, Dollar, and collects that pair.
Record the addition fact that equals $1.
The empty spaces are replaced with two
new face-up cards.
If both players agree no pair can make
one dollar, they reshuffle and create a
new 3x4 grid of cards.
Play continues until all cards are used. The
winner has the most dollars.

Famous People and Places

Create a timeline. Place the following dates:
this year: 2014
the year you were born: _____
Martin Luther King, Jr. & the March on
Washington: 1963
Abraham Lincoln & the Gettysburg
Address: 1863
Thomas Jefferson & the Declaration of
Independence: 1776
the year Pocahontas, a Powhatan Indian
from Virginia, was born: 1595
Ancient Greece 490 BC
Ancient China 1700 BC
Ancient Egypt 3150 BC
Be sure to mark the events proportionally to
each other. Explain your strategy for placing
the dates on the timeline.

Currency
Around the World
Explore the coins from around the world.
Research coin values, names, designs,
and other characteristics.
Design your own currency. What value
coins would you have? What shape, size,
color, name, and other characteristics
would you have?
Create a mock version of each coin.
Explain your currency.

Times
Around the World
Choose five cities from the list below.
Estimate about what time you think it is in
each city right now. Research to find out
the actual time in each city. Record your
findings. Compare your estimate to the
actual time. How close was your
estimate?
What is the time difference between
Harrisonburg and each city?
What is the longitude and latitude of
Harrisonburg? What is the longitude and
latitude of each city? How do these
measurements relate to the time
differences?
Cities: Greenwich, England; San Francisco,
California; New Delhi, India; Bismarck,
Montana; Fairbanks, Alaska; Bangkok,
Thailand; Sochi, Russia; Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil

How Much is a Million?

How long is one million seconds?
Describe an equivalent period of time
using large units that are easy to
comprehend. Explain your strategy.
When is one million seconds from now?