Wichita falls ISD
Topic Planner
3rd Grade Math
Topic 14: Measurement: Capacity, Weight, Mass, and Time
Lessons 1 – 8
Time Frame: 9 days
Revised TEKS Check- Before the Chapter
Reteach/review GAP Alerts from last school year.
Students may not have experienced:
• Create two-dimensional shapes based on given attributes including the number of
sides and vertices.
• Classify and sort three-dimensional solids based on attributes using formal geometric
language.
• Classify polygons according to attributes including the number of sides and vertices.
• Compose two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional solids with given properties
or attributes.
• Describe the inverse relationship between the size of the unit and the number of units
needed to equal the length of an object.
• Represent whole numbers as distances from any given location on a number line.
• Determine the length of an object to the nearest marked unit using ruler, yard sticks,
meter sticks, or measuring tapes.
• Read and write time to the nearest one-minute increment and distinguish between
am and pm.
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Objectives
Skills: The student will be able to…
Determine liquid volume (capacity) or weight using appropriate units and tools.
Determine when it is appropriate to use measurements of liquid volume
(capacity) or weight.
Determine the solutions to problems involving addition and subtraction of time
intervals in minutes using pictorial models or tools.
Select tools, manipulative, paper and pencil, technology and techniques,
including mental math, estimation, and number sense to solve problems
TEKS
2.8A, 2.8B, 2.8C, 2.8D,
2.9B, 2.9C, 2.9D, 2.9G
TEKS
Readiness: NONE
Supporting: 3.7A, 3.7C, 3.7D,
3.7E
Process Skills: 3.1B, 3.1C,
3.1D, 3.1E, 3.1F, 3.1G
ELPS: 1F, 2C, 3C, 3D, 3G, 4F
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Performance Indicators
By the end of the lesson the student will be able to…
Lesson 14-1: estimate in customary units how much a container can hold; choose an appropriate customary unit for
measuring the amount a container can hold.
Lesson 14-2: estimate in customary units how heavy an object is; choose an appropriate customary unit for
measuring how heavy an object is.
Lesson 14-3: determine when they should measure capacity and when they should measure weight.
Lesson 14-4: estimate in metric units how much a pail can hold; choose an appropriate metric unit for measuring the
amount the pail can hold.
Lesson 14-5: estimate in metric units the mass of an object; choose an appropriate metric unit for measuring the
mass of an object.
Lesson 14-6: calculate elapsed time.
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The Mathematical Process Standards must be incorporated into
instruction as appropriate throughout the school year.
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Lesson 14-7: solve a problem involving addition and subtraction of time intervals.
Lesson 14-8: use reasoning and work back from an end time to determine.
Lesson Information
Activities
• Lone STAAR Rigorous Problem Solving+ must be consistently
used.
• THINK Framework must be incorporated into your problem
solving strategies:
T: Talk about the problem
H: How can it be solved?
I: Identify a strategy to solve the problem
N: Notice how your strategy helped you solve the problem
K: Keep thinking about the problem. Does it make sense? Is
there another way to solve it?
• Suggested strategy for problem solving: CUBES:
C: Circle the numbers
U: Underline the question
B: Box in key words
E: Eliminate what you DON’T need
S: Does your answer make sense?
Suggested Activities:
• Introduce Topic using Children’s Literature. Suggestions:
Mighty Maddie by Stuart J. Murphy; Millions to Measure by
David M. Schwartz; Pastry School in Paris: An Adventure in
Capacity by Cindy Neuschwander; On the Scale, a Weighty Tale
by Brian P. Cleary; Game Time by Stuart Murphy; A Second is a
Hiccup a Child’s Book of Time by Hazel Hutchins; Me Counting
Time: From Seconds to Centuries by Joan Sweeney
• Activities in enVisionMath:
On-Level and Advanced Activity Centers “Teamwork” pg 781A
On-Level and Advanced Activity Centers “Teamwork” pg 787A
On-Level and Advanced Activity Centers “Toss and Talk” pg
799A
Math and Science STEM “Comparing Mass” pg 805A
On-Level and Advanced Activity Centers “Clip and Cover” pg
811A
Math and Science STEM “Solids, Liquids, and Gases” pg 823A
• Capacity Man*
• Capacity Prediction Center*
• Capacity Volume Poster and Data Sheet*
• Measurement, Capacity Partner Game*
• Weighing Objects*
• Measuring Weight of Containers*
• Weight Sorting*
• How Much is One Kilogram?*
• Customary Unit Weight Sort oz and lb*
• Baby Weights*
• Mass Math Center*
• Mass and Volume Stations*
• Volume and Mass Scoot*
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Vocabulary
Cup – a customary unit of capacity
Capacity – the amount a container can hold
measured in liquid units
Quart – a customary unit of capacity. One
quart equals 2 pints
Pint – a customary unit of capacity. One pint
equals 2 cups
Gallon – a customary unit of capacity. One
gallon equals 4 quarts.
Liter (L) – a metric unit of capacity. One liter
equals 1,000 milliliters.
Milliliter (mL) – a metric unit of capacity.
Weight – a measure of how heavy an object is.
Mass - a measure of the amount of matter in
an object.
Pound (lb) – a customary unit of weight. One
pound equals 16 ounces.
Ounces (oz) – a customary unit of weight.
Ton (T) – a customary unit of weight. One ton
equals 2,000 pounds.
Kilogram (kg) – a metric unit of mass. It is the
amount of matter in an object. One Kilogram
equals 1,000 grams.
Gram (g) – a metric unit of mass. It is the
amount of matter in an object.
Time Interval – an amount of time.
Elapsed Time – the total amount of time that
passes from the starting time to the ending
time.
The Mathematical Process Standards must be incorporated into
instruction as appropriate throughout the school year.
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Telling Time to Nearest Five Min*
Telling Time Bingo*
I Have Who Has Telling Time*
Edible Clocks*
Clock Labels*
Ice Cream Time*
Cell Phone Game*
Additional Information
Materials/Resources
enVisionMath 2.0 Teacher’s Edition pg 771A-824
Topic 14 Parent Letter
Study Jams Volume
Khan Academy Mass and Weight Clarification
Khan Academy Telling Time
Capacity and Volume Anchor Chart*
Capacity Song*
PowerPoint: Measure Length, Capacity, Weight*
Measurement Charts*
Dinah Zike’s Big Book of Math
STAAR Ready Instruction**+
Measuring Up to the TEKS: STAAR Edition**
Motivation Math (2014 Edition)**
o Units 31, 33, 34, 35
Motivation Math**+
Countdown to the Math STAAR**+
STAAR Fast Focus**+
Supporting STAAR Achievement+
Plastic coins, paper money, spinners, dice, graph paper
STAAR Master**+
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Textbook Correlations:
enVisionMath 2.0 TE Volume 2B
enVisionMath 2.0 Interactive Student
Textbook
Lone STAAR Rigorous Problem Solving
*Fourth Grade* (in 2014-2015 Math
Curriculum Documents folder on M:Drive)
Cluster 2 Set 20, Cluster 3 Set 31, Cluster 3
Set 33, Cluster 5 Set 53, Cluster 6 Set 64
Digital Resources: Today’s Challenge
Notes from Council
• Two days are allocated in this topic for reteaching and assessment.
• Send Home/School Connection Letter home
at the beginning of each topic. This can be
found in the Topic 1 folder and the Teacher’s
Resource Masters.
*free download from Teachers Pay Teachers - A free
subscription is required for
www.teacherspayteachers.com in order to download
any material from TpT.
**availability depends on each campus
+ use items/activities aligned to the revised TEKS
Misconceptions/Underdeveloped Concepts
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Some students may think that because the scale is balanced, the apple weights exactly 9 ounces. Make sure
students understand that all measurements are approximations.
Some students may not realize that they must fill the liter container all the way every time they fill it. Point out
that to get a valid measurement, they must fill and pour as close as possible to a liter each time.
Students may incorrectly make measurements because they do not align the object at the zero mark.
Some students may think that 30 centimeters is equal to 12 inches because of the way standard rulers are
produced.
Students may not realize that liter is represented by a capital “L” instead of a lower case “l.”
Students may not realize the abbreviation for milliliter is mL, with no period.
Students may choose incorrect customary units of length because they cannot remember the order of units from
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smallest to largest.
Students may count only the visible cubes when finding volume from a picture.
Students will confuse the minute and hour hand.
Students may write times after the hour as times before the hour.
Students may incorrectly switch the minutes and seconds when writing time from an analog clock.
Students may have difficulty understanding the difference between a.m. and p.m.
Parent Resources
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enVisionMath 2.0 Textbook
Download the free BouncePages app on your smartphone or tablet via your mobile app store. For Topic 14
scan the following pages with the visual learning icon: pg 778, 784, 790, 796, 802, 808, 814, and 820.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
Mr. R’s Songs for Teaching http://www.youtube.com/user/mathsongs1
http://www.khanacademy.org/
www.thinkthroughmath.com
www.xtramath.org
www.mathplayground.com
www.softschools.com
www.dad’sworksheets.com
www.poptropica.com
www.kidsmathgamesonline.com
www.brainpop.com
www.coolmath4kids.com
Wichita Falls ISD (2014-2015)
3M Topic 14
The Mathematical Process Standards must be incorporated into
instruction as appropriate throughout the school year.
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revised 1/20/2015