Overview and Background: Unit: Measurement

Arlene Fasbender : Cheney USD 268

Mathematics. : Measurement : Measurement

Cheney : Grades 2 - 2 : Aug. - Jun.

Title:	Measurement
Topics:	length, volume, weight
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Start Date:	-

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Internet Resource Links:
Link 1:http://www.tenet.edu/teks/math/clarifying/cateksgrade24.html
Link 2:http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ma9606.html
Link 3:http://http://www.myschoolonline.com/content_gallery/0,3138,53865-132152-56-6553,00.html
Link 4:http://http://www.richmond.edu/academics/a&s/education/projects/webunits/measurement/home.htm

Notes:

Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

State:
Title:
Standard(s):	Measurement MA.3.2.2K.2 Selects or uses measurement tools for length, volume, temperature, and weight, and units of measure appropriate for the given situation.

Understandings:
user	The student will understand how to measure length, weight, and volume using the correct measuring tool.

Essential Questions:
User	Why is it important to choose the correct tool to measure something? Why are measuring length, width, and heighth important to us in our daily lives? How does measuring weight help us each day? Is measuring volume important to us? If so, how?

Knowledge and Skills:

Construct a fence using leggos or blocks according to given demensions to the nearest inch, foot, yard, cm. or cm.

Measure the weights of various items in the classroom store to nearest pound or ounce or gram. Compare the prices of same items at different weights and choose the best buy for the money.

Demonstrate how to bake a cake from scratch by measuring the ingredients using different measuring tools used in baking.

Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence

Assessment Summary:
The student will bake a cake successfully.
The student will shop at the classroom store and make the best purchases for the price per weight.
The student will build a fence according to given demensions on a blueprint.

Other assessment evidence to be collected:

Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

Learning Activities:

W - Discuss different ways that measuring is important in our daily lives. Compare the differences between the Standard and Metric units of measure.

Hook - Can you be a wise shopper at the grocery store in the classroom? Do you know how to make a cake from scratch? Can you build a fence with leggos or blocks given certain measurements?

E - Measure the length, volume, and weight of objects using the metric and English system. Learn the terminology of measurement in both systems.

Measure the length of different parts of the body and objects in the classroom.

Given a group of objects, the student will find the weights of these objects using a balance scale (metric) and a spring scale(English-Standard).

The student will measure the amount of volume of various liquids and items using standard measuring tools and metric measuring tools.

R - Peers check the recipe and the measurement of each ingredient as it is put in the mixing bowl. (Cooks consultant).

Classmates can be store clerks and recheck the weights of the store items to make sure price is correct for purchasing.

Peers can be consulted as construction engineers to see if the demensions are following the blueprint.

E - The student will bake a cake and peers eat the cake to decide if it is good.

The student will buy items from the classroom store. Same items of different weights will be weighed and a comparison of the price per weight will be made to obtain the best buy.


The student will construct a fence out of leggos or blocks according to given demensions.