How long is that?

In Maths we have been learning about length. Today we discovered that using hand spans or our feet are not the best ways to measure length. Mrs Wadds used her hands to measure the length of a table and measured 6 hand spans. Then Sienna used her hands to measure the same table and measured 8 hand spans. We discovered that because Mrs Wadds' hands are bigger than Sienna's, we would have different results. We then learned about 1 metre and that a metre ruler was a good way to get an accurate measurement. Using our own metre rulers made from crepe paper, we measured things in our classroom to find out things that are shorter than 1 metre, longer than 1 metre or about 1 metre in length. We even measured our waists! We discovered that everyone in our class is taller than 1 metre!