Mathematics Pacing Resource Document
2.M.1
Standard: 2.M.1: Describe the relationships among inch, foot, and yard. Describe the relationship between centimeter and meter.
Teacher Background Information:
Although the focus of this standard is conversions within the same measurement system, students must have had multiple opportunities to measure real
objects in order to have an understanding of the relationships of the customary and metric units of length.
 Understand that larger units (e.g., yard) can be subdivided into equivalent units (e.g., inches) (partition).
 Understand that the same object or many objects of the same size such as paper clips can be repeatedly used to determine the length of an object
(iteration).
 Understand the relationship between the size of a unit and the number of units needed (compensatory principal). Thus, the smaller the unit, the
more units it will take to measure the selected attribute.
By the end of Second Grade, students will have also learned specific measurements as it relates to feet, yards and meters: (2.M.1)
 There are 12 inches in a foot.
 There are 3 feet in a yard.
 There are 100 centimeters in a meter.
Process Standards to Emphasize with Instruction 2.M.1:
2.PS.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
2.PS.7: Look for and make use of structure.
2.PS.8: Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Indianapolis Public Schools
Curriculum and Instruction
Mathematics Pacing Resource Document
2.M.1
Standard: 2.M.1: Describe the relationships among inch, foot, and yard. Describe the relationship between centimeter and meter.
Lesson Plans/Print Activities:
Web-based Practice:
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https://learnzillion.com/lessons/2316-compare-and-convert-customaryunits-of-length In this lesson you will learn how to convert length in
customary measurement.
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http://www.teachingmeasures.co.uk/menu.html
Teaching measures. Large Display
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http://sunnydaysinsecondgrade.blogspot.com/2012/03/measurementmania.html
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http://betterlesson.com/lesson/36122/measuring-animals-lengths
Measuring animal lengths activity
Indianapolis Public Schools
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http://www.teachingmeasures.co.uk/menu.html
Teaching measures. Large Display
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http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm#measurement
Games and activities that deal with inches and centimeters for kids
to play online.
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http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/online_games/meas
urement_game/Measurement.html
Measurement learning game.
Curriculum and Instruction