The 3rd graders at Greenwood have been practicing with measuring using the ruler tool online. This is a skill that they use when taking math tests on the computer. Rather than just practice with the ruler, I had students create a measurement game by coding in Scratch. They started by signing into Scratch, opening this template, and clicking remix. Students then selected a sprite from the library in Scratch and then programmed it to ask the question “How long is this object to the nearest inch (or half inch)?” Then they used an “If…then…else” block to code the sprite to react to the player getting the answer right or wrong.

They posted their finished games to a Scratch Studio. From there, I combined their programmed sprites together into this game. Give it a try!