3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:Measurement
  • Subject(s):Math
  • Days:12
  • Grade(s):K
Key Learning:

Measurement encompasses a variety of tools and concepts. We measure our world to determine its boundaries and limits.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

How do we know what tool is best to measure an object?
   
Concept: Compare and Order by Size
Concept: Linear Measurement
Concept: Weight
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do we compare and order objects?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do we measure the length of an object?

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How do we know what tool to use to measure the length of an object?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do we measure the weight of an object?

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How do we know what tool to use to measure the weight?

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Vocabulary:

small (er, est), big (er,est), large (er, est), medium

Vocabulary:

length, short(er), shortest, long(er), longest, measure, equal, object, estimate, ruler

Vocabulary:

weight, more than, less than, heavier, lighter, Balance Scale

Concept: Capacity
Concept: Temperature
Concept:
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do we measure the capacity of an object?

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How do we know what tool to use to measure the capacity of an object?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do we measure temperature?

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How do we know what tool to use to measure temperature?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):
Vocabulary:

volume, capacity, full, empty

Vocabulary:

seasons, temperature, hotter, colder, thermometer, high, low

Vocabulary:

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  • small (er, est) -

    (Use one, two, and three visual objects to compare)

  • seasons -

    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

  • length -

    How far from end to end

  • volume -

    Amount of space occupied by an object (tissue box)

  • weight -

    How heavy an object is

  • temperature -

    How hot or cold something is

  • capacity -

    How much something holds

  • more than -

    The greater value

  • short(er) -

    (Use visual objects to compare)

  • big (er,est) -

    (Use one, two, and three visual objects to compare)

  • large (er, est) -

    (Use one, two, and three visual objects to compare)

  • less than -

    The smaller value

  • shortest -

    (Use three or more objects to compare)

  • hotter -

    (Use visual objects to model)

  • long(er) -

    (Use visual objects to compare)

  • colder -

    (Use visual objects to model)

  • medium -

    (Use visual objects to model)

  • longest -

    (Use three or more objects to compare)

  • thermometer -

    Tool used to measure temperature

  • heavier -

    (Use visual objects to model)

  • measure -

    To find a number that shows size or amount

  • full -

    Filled to the limit

  • lighter -

    (Use visual objects to model)

  • empty -

    Nothing

  • high -

    (Use visual objects to model)

  • low -

    (Use visual objects to model)

  • equal -

    The same amount

  • object -

    Something that can be seen or touched

  • Balance Scale -

    Tool used to weigh objects

  • estimate -

    To make a close guess

  • ruler -

    Tool used to measure length or width