We're reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle in class. It's a great book about a boy, Keith, who is staying in a hotel and meets a mouse, Ralph. Keith lets Ralph ride his motorcycle...his toy motorcycle. Of course, to Ralph, it's not a toy, but a wonderful machine. 
We came up with 5" for Ralph's size...and 50" for Keith's. 
Then we took some everyday objects...glue stick, scissors, pencil, etc., and measured them. Whatever the measurement was, we multiplied it by ten. This was then drawn, colored, and cut out. 
Room 8...which was actually Room 10...but we were moving to Room 5, which used to be Room 9... anyway, the students loved doing this...and were in awe at what these items would have looked like to Ralph!
Can you tell we're having fun... a lot of fun... and learning at the same time?
Vis a Vis pen...what is used for writing on the overhead projector...
Once your object was complete, you could draw, color, and cut out a 5" mouse!
Working on a giant glue stick...
A giant crayola crayon!
A giant #2 pencil!
A blue crayola crayon...
Have you ever seen a pair of scissors this large?
Is there a pencil sharpener for a giant #2 pencil???
Look at this huge bottle of White Out!
This is Keith's comb...only the end of it broke off...
And last, but not least, this is a Tone Bell. This is what I use to let Room 8 know I need the room to be quiet, that I need their attention. What a great activity this was...the World According to Ralph!
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