5th grade measurement conversions

My go-to lesson ideas and activities for teaching my students how to convert metric measurements. Use these engaging ideas for teaching metric conversions in 5th grade.

Anchor chart for customary and metric units. 5th grade.

Math Anchor Chart - Measurement "Conversion Trick"

Converting metric units of measurement anchor chart

Interactive Ways to Teach Measurement including games, measurement sorts, task cards, and videos! Check out the post for all the details!

Metric conversions. Tough stuff, but the colors make it easier to handle.

Math - Metric conversion trick using "King Henry Died Unusually Drinking Chocolate Milk." This simplifies the whole metric conversion process and makes it fun! Includes a very nice freebie for grade 6

Need an Unit Conversion activity? These 10 puzzles have children figuring out liquid equivalences (gallons to quarts), metric equivalences (cm to m), and US conversions such as inches to feet.