LEARNING PLAN
Exploratory Activities
Concept
Estimating Measurement
 Bucket List- measurement facts about a bucket
 How Big is a Foot by Rolf Myller with Making Beds worksheet from
NCTM’s Illuminations
 Putting on the Pounds
 Ounce by Ounce, Quart by Quart
Measurement
(Grade 4)
Conversions
 Changing the Yellow Brick Road
 World’s Longest Fingernails
Concept Development Activities
Materials and Resources
Estimating Measurement
 Measurement Pocket Book Foldable
 Bucket Brigade
 Triple Beam Balance Activity
 Measurement Memory
 Guess My Units
 Best Estimate Customary Website
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/BestMeas
ure2.htm
 Best Estimate Metric Website
 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/BestMeas
ureM.htm
 Selecting the appropriate measurement tool website
 http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/me
asures/index.htm
7 Various Sized Buckets
6 Spring Scales
12 Tape Measures
6 - 6 ounce cups
12 Yard Sticks
Construction Paper
Index Cards
Scissors
Glue Sticks
Markers
24 dice (1-6)
Pencils
Paper Clips
Colored chips/place markers
Scratch Paper
6 Triple Beam Balances
12 items to measure on Triple Beam
6 - 1 ounce measuring cups
6 Various Sized Small Containers
6 quart measuring cups
6 Various Sized Medium Containers
1 Step On Scale
5 Various Sized Items to Weigh
24 Rulers – Inches and Centimeters
Class set of Cuisenaire Rods
Computers
How Big is a Foot by Rolf Myller
Groundworks: Reasoning About Measurement 5
envisionMATH: Grade 4
Conversions
 Who Holds the World Record?!
 Toss and Talk Envision Centers
 Center Activity 18-1 = Converting Customary Lengths
 Center Activity 18-3 = Converting Weights
 Measurement Equivalents I Have, Who Has?
 Customary Conversions Websites
 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/Measurem
entInches.htm
 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/Measurem
entCups.htm
 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/Measurem
entOunces.htm
 Big Square Conversions Puzzle
 Shopping for Rods
Gabrielle Tate [email protected]
© 2012 by the Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP)
Procedural Knowledge and Basic Facts
Originality and Creativity
Student Products
Estimating Measurement
 envisionMATH Practice 16-1 = Using Customary Units of Length
 envisionMATH Practice 17-4 = Customary Units of Capacity
 envisionMATH Practice 17-5 = Metric Units of Capacity
 envisionMATH Practcice 17-6 = Units of Weight
 envisionMATH Practice 17-7 = Units of Mass
 Houghton Mifflin 12.1 Practice = Explore Customary Length (What is
the title of this resource?)
 Houghton Mifflin 12.6 Practice = Explore Metric Length
 Groundworks: Reasoning About Measurement 5 – Fit the Numbers 3
 Groundworks: Reasoning About Measurement 5 – Fit the Units 4
 Groundworks: Reasoning About Measurement 5 – What’s the
Measure? 5
Conversions
 Houghton Mifflin 12.2 Practice = Inch, Foot, Yard, Mile
 Houghton Mifflin 12.2 Homework = Inch, Foot, Yard, Mile
 Houghton Mifflin 12.3 Practice = Customary Units of Capacity
 Houghton Mifflin 12.4 Practice = Customary Units of Weight
 Groundworks: Reasoning About Measurement 5 – Order, Please! 2
 Groundworks: Reasoning About Measurement 5 – Order, Please! 5
 Groundworks: Reasoning About Measurement 5 – Order, Please! 6
Assessment
Formative Assessment
 Math Journal Questions used as daily writing exit ticket
 envisionMATH Quick Checks 16-1, 16-2, 17-6, 17-7
Summative Assessment
 Teacher-created assessment
Related TEKS
4.11.A Readiness Standard
Estimate and use measurement tools to determine length (including
perimeter), area, capacity and weight/mass using standard units SI (metric)
and customary
* This learning plan DOES NOT include activities for perimeter and area
4.11.B Supporting Standard
Perform simple conversions between different units of length, between
different units of capacity, and between different units of weight within the
customary measurement system
Gabrielle Tate [email protected]
© 2012 by the Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP)
Written
Write a RAFT to explain why the United States
should adopt the metric system.
Verbal
Create a video applying and explaining
conversion in a real world problem.
Kinesthetic
Create a mini book with measurements of
themselves.
Visual
Create a Big Square Conversion Game.
Design a Measurement Book Cover.