Measurement Vocabulary and Outcomes for K - 9
K - 3 Vocabulary for measurement, time, money
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Measurement Areas and Outcomes
Kindergarten
Linear |
Longer, shorter, compare objects linear measures |
Area |
Tiling problems (how many tiles to cover this paper? How many cards are needed to cover the desk?) |
Volume & Capacity |
Volume: which container can hold more (i.e. compare two trash cans) |
Weight & Mass |
Use a balance |
Time |
Duration of a minute, second |
First Grade
General |
Identify objects as larger, smaller, more,
equal, less |
Linear |
Longer, shorter, compare objects linear measures |
Area |
Tiling problems (how many tiles to cover this paper? How many to cover the desk?) |
Volume & Capacity |
Volume: which container can hold more (i.e. compare two trash cans) |
Weight & Mass |
Put objects on a balance and identify the
heavier or lighter |
Time |
Identifying past, present, and future |
Money |
Identify penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar |
Temperature | Hot (swimming weather or warmer) medium (room temperature)
cold (Winter jackets snow, ice, refrigerator) |
Second Grade
Linear |
Vocabulary: centimeters, length, foot, meter Measure to the nearest foot, inch, estimating lengths of objects |
Area |
Tiling problems (hexagons on a triangle, desk area) |
Volume & Capacity |
Recognize cup, pint, quart, gallon |
Weight & Mass |
Identify ounces, pounds, |
Time |
Tell time on digital and analog clocks Elapsed time |
Temperature |
Read a thermometer (should be one-to-one correspondence, 0-100 showing each increment) |
Money |
Identify penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar |
Temperature | Hot warm cool cold |
Third Grade
Linear |
Tell that standard units help communicate
measurements better than non standard. Perimeter |
Area |
Placing square cards within a large shape
drawn on the floor. Students count the number of squares within the shape
to estimate the area of the shape. |
Volume & Capacity |
Arrange a group of different sized containers from least volume to most volume. Estimate volumes of irregular shapes. |
Weight & Mass |
Students estimate the weights of two objects, then place the objects on a two-pan balance and find each object mass/weight. |
Time |
Complete a timeline of the students
day. Listing activities done and at what time. |
Money |
Identify penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar |
Temperature | Hot warm cool cold freezing boiling Celsius Fahrenheit |
Estimate |
4 - 6 Vocabulary for measurement, time, money
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Measurement Areas and Outcomes
Fourth Grade
General |
Use measurement in problem solving Explore metric system Measuring using nonstandard and standard units |
Linear |
Use metric units |
Area |
Find area in shapes with right angles |
Volume & Capacity |
Find capacity Quarts in a gallon |
Weight & Mass |
Use metric units |
Time |
Tell time to the nearest minute and second Elapsed time AM PM military time |
Angles |
Use a protractor to measure angles Measure angles in degrees |
Temperature |
Celsius and Fahrenheit |
Money |
Count money |
Measurement Areas and Outcomes
Fifth Grade
Linear |
Know how to measure using various instruments (inches, feet, yards, miles, millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers) to 1/2 of a unit. |
Area |
Find and label area in square units for linear
measurements |
Volume & Capacity |
Find volume of cubes, rectangular prisms |
Weight & Mass |
Use a balance Use ounces, pounds, tons, grams, kilograms, and metric tons to find the mass of objects |
Time |
Tell time and do time problems with seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years |
Angles |
Use a protractor to measure angles Measure angles in degrees |
Money |
Count money |
Measurement Areas and Outcomes
Sixth Grade
Linear |
Measure using various instruments (inches,
feet, yards, miles, millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers) to 1/2
of a unit. |
Area |
know how to find and label (square units
for linear units) area (rectangles, squares, parallelograms, triangles,
circles) |
Volume & Capacity |
Cups, pints, quarts, gallons, milliliter,
liter, |
Weight & Mass |
Use a balance Use ounces, pounds, grams, and kilograms to find the mass of objects |
Time |
Tell time and do time problems with seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years |
Angles |
Use a protractor to measure angles Measure angles in degrees |
Temperature |
Use a thermometer and read temperature to one degree |
Metric |
Visual representation of mm cm m km g kg
ml l Estimate foot and yard to meters |
Money |
Count money |
7 - 9 Vocabulary for measurement, time, money
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