3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:Measurement
  • Subject(s):Math
  • Days:35
  • Grade(s):2
Key Learning:

The real world can be measured in standard and non-standard units using appropriate tools.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

What are the essential components for choosing appropriate tools to make accurate measurements?
   
Concept:

Linear Measurement
Concept:

Problem Solving
Concept:

Time
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I use standard units to measure length and height?

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How do I use estimation when measuring the length and height of objects?

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Why would measuring accurately be important?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How does estimation help us illustrate the measurement of an object?

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How do I compute lengths to solve problems?

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How do I select the appropriate tool to measure an object?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How can I identify time to the nearest hour?

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How do I identify time to the nearest half-hour?

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Why would I study both analog and digital clocks to identify time to the nearest hour and half-hour?

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Vocabulary:

height, length, inch, centimeter, estimation, measure, ruler, standard unit

Vocabulary:

tool, compute, balance, scale

Vocabulary:

hour, half hour, digital, analog, hour hand, minute hand, A.M., P.M., o'clock, half past

Concept:

Weight/Mass
Concept:

Capacity/Volume
Concept:

Transitive Property
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I use customary units to measure weight (non-metric)?

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How do I use metric units to measure weight?

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How do I select an appropriate tool to measure weight and mass?

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What influence does weight/mass have on choosing the appropriate unit of measurement?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I use customary units to measure capacity (non-metric)?

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How do I use metric units to measure capacity?

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How do I find the volume of an object?

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How do I select an appropriate tool to measure capactiy or volume?

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How does a liquid or a solid impact what measuring tool is chosen?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

What are the essential components of the transitive property?

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Why would I study the transitive property?

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Vocabulary:

grams, pounds, ounces, kilograms, more than, mass, weight, customary

Vocabulary:

volume, cubic units, capacity, cup, pint, quart, liter

Vocabulary:

transitive property

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    Vocabulary Report

    • height -

      Vertical distance from top to bottom

    • volume -

      The amount of three dimensional space an object occupies

    • grams -

      A metric unit of weight

    • transitive property -

      If object A is longer than object B, and object B is longer than Object C, then object A is longer than object C.

      Example

      A________________

      B___________

      C______

    • hour -

      Sixty minutes

    • cubic units -

      The measurement of volume using cubes

    • pounds -

      A customary unit of weight; 16 ounces

    • tool -

      An object used to measure

    • length -

      Distance from end to end

    • half hour -

      Thirty minutes

    • digital -

      A clock that shows the time using numbers not hands

    • inch -

      A customary unit of measure

    • ounces -

      A customary unit of weight

    • capacity -

      The amount an object can hold

    • centimeter -

      A metric unit of measure

    • cup -

      A customary unit of capacity; 8 ounces

    • kilograms -

      A metric unit of weight; 1,000 grams

    • analog -

      A clock that shows the time using hands

    • compute -

      Using math to find an answer

    • estimation -

      A close guess of the actual value

    • more than -

      The larger value

    • pint -

      A customary unit of capacity; 2 cups or 16 ounces

    • hour hand -

      The smaller hand on a clock that points to the hour

    • quart -

      A customary unit of capacity; 2 pints or 4 cups or 32 ounces

    • measure -

      To find a number that shows the size or amount

    • balance -

      Both sides have the same value

    • minute hand -

      The larger hand on a clock that points to the minute

    • liter -

      A metric unit of capacity; 100ml (same as 1 quart customary measurement)

    • ruler -

      Tool used to measure distance

    • A.M. -

      The half of day between midnight to noon

    • scale -

      A tool used to weigh objects or compare masses

    • mass -

      Measure of how much matter is in an object

    • standard unit -

      A customary or metric unit used to measure

    • weight -

      The heaviness of an object

    • P.M. -

      The half of the day between noon and midnight

    • customary -

      USA standard unit

    • o'clock -

      To the hour

    • half past -

      Thirty minutes after the hour