The green group were using their before reading strategies to discuss their new reading book: The Magic Trident.

 

We noticed a Killer Whale was a character in the storybook. Noah explained that a Killer Whale is also called an Orca Whale.

“I also know that Orca’s are 800cm long!” – Noah.

That got us thinking! It was such a large measurement we couldn’t really imagine it in our heads.

Miss Dunn suggested using a meter stick to help us out.

Miss Dunn: We have a meter stick! One meter is 100cm.

Lori: But the whale is 800cm, not just 100cm.

Toby: We can’t measure it with that stick.

Miss Dunn: I wonder what we could do then…?

Lucy: We will have to just use that one. Like over and over.

Noah: One stick is 100cm. There are 800cm. I think we could use the stick 8 times or something.

 

We trialled this theory out. It turns out 800cm was using the meter stick 8 times.

Noah also told us that a giant squid was 1800cm.

Miss Dunn: Another way of saying that number is eighteen hundred. Can anyone make a prediction about this measurement?

Alice: There will be 18 sticks! Not 18 sticks, we don’t have 18 sticks. We will like have to use it 18 times again and again and over.

It turns out Alice was correct….. and a giant squid is the length of the fire escape at our classroom to the girls toilets – 18 of the measure sticks in total.