Curriculum Guides

Grade Level: Third

Content Area: Measurement-Linear and Mass/Weight

Skills: Measuring in Standard and Metric Units

Prerequisites: Measuring with Non-Standard Units, be able to use read metric and standard measuring tools-

Instructional Practices: Differences Among People, Connections To Real World

Materials Needed: Scales (metric and standard), tape measure Metric and standard) paper (one sheet of Butcher paper per child longer than body length), and pencil-

Technology: Measure Up

Measure It

Activity:

Students work in pairs to trace each other. Next, the Pair will use a measuring tape to record the metric and Standard length of each child. The children can then compare their measurements to find shorter and taller. Now, they will measure head to toe and arm span to decide if their body shapes are squared or rectangled. After measuring length children weigh in metric and standard. They compare and record their weights. Last, they display body tracings with recorded information in the hall for all to view.

Theme Idea: Can be used with Write-to-Write Form II Unit 3, All About Me