How Heavy?: Wacky Ways to Compare Weight (Wacky Comparisons)

I am a pre-K teacher and I use the books in this series (How Long, How Tall) to spark the interest of my students in measurement concepts. They are a fun way to introduce non-standard measurement and have rhyming text so I can touch on multiple curriculum standards in one lesson. These books are not too wordy and have just the right amount of text for my very young students. After reading one of these books, my students anticipated the others with great excitement.

I teach first grade and this book is the PERFECT introduction for measuring with nonstandard units. They love the silly comparisons. It also has standard units written in small print at the bottom, so it could also be good for converting units for upper grades!

Cutest book ever. Used it to introduce nonstandard units of measurement to 1st graders!

My students loved the pictures, great are work. I loved how it helped us review weight in a very engaging way while applying reading and comprehension skills.

this one really made me smile, i really enjoy thinking about the length of a building or critter, in the idea of hamburgers or slugs. i mean who knew??! i sure didn't ... but this book will make you think??! so fun!! i've only recently found Mark's writing ... i really enjoy his thoughts, his picked illustrator. well done. i read "The Lonely Existence of Asteroids and Comets", "DO-4U the Robot Experiences Forces and Motion", "How Heavy?", and "Captain Kidd's Crew Experiments with Sinking and Floating". all these are so fun. i am needing creative reads lately ... i enjoyed them so much!!