Year 3 Measurement Unit | Metric Units, Length, Mass and Capacity

Year 3 Measurement Unit | Metric Units, Length, Mass and Capacity

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Year 3 Measurement Unit | Metric Units, Length, Mass and Capacity
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Year 3 Measurement Unit | Metric Units, Length, Mass and Capacity

Year 3 Measurement Unit | Metric Units, Length, Mass and Capacity

$4.99

Curriculum

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Australian Curriculum v9.0
AC9M3M01 identify which metric units are used to measure everyday items; use measurements of familiar items and known units to make estimates
Australian Curriculum v8.4
ACMMG061 Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity
Victorian Curriculum 2.0
VC2M3M01 identify which metric units are used to measure everyday items; use measurements of familiar items and known units to make estimates
New South Wales
MA2-GM-01 MA2-GM-02 MA2-GM-03 MA2-2DS-01 MA2-2DS-02 MA2-2DS-03 MA2-3DS-01 MA2-3DS-02 MA2-NSM-01
Western Australia
ACMMG061 Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity
New Zealand
NZ-Y3-MATH-MEAS-M-1 estimate and then reliably measure length, capacity, and mass (weight) using whole-number metric units (e.g., from tools with labelled markings)
NZ-Y4-MATH-MEAS-M-1 measure body parts (e.g., the arm) or familiar objects and use these as benchmarks to estimate and then measure length, mass (weight), capacity, and duration, using appropriate metric or time-based units
NZ-Y4-MATH-MEAS-M-2 use appropriate units to describe length, mass (weight), capacity, and time
United Kingdom
UK-LKS2-Y4-MATH-M Pupils should be taught to: convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute] measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes, minutes to seconds, years to months, weeks to days
US Common Core (CCSS)
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.A.1 Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.C.5 Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.C.5.b A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.C.7 Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.D.8 Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
Texas (TEKS)
TEKS-MATH-G3-7A represent fractions of halves, fourths, and eighths as distances from zero on a number line;
TEKS-MATH-G3-7B determine the perimeter of a polygon or a missing length when given perimeter and remaining side lengths in problems;
TEKS-MATH-G3-7D determine when it is appropriate to use measurements of liquid volume (capacity) or weight; and
TEKS-MATH-G3-7E determine liquid volume (capacity) or weight using appropriate units and tools.
Ontario
CAN-G3-MATH-E2.1 use appropriate units of length to estimate, measure, and compare the perimeters of polygons and curved shapes, and construct polygons with a given perimeter
CAN-G3-MATH-E2.2 explain the relationships between millimetres, centimetres, metres, and kilometres as metric units of length, and use benchmarks for these units to estimate lengths
CAN-G3-MATH-E2.3 use non-standard units appropriately to estimate, measure, and compare capacity, and explain the effect that overfilling or underfilling, and gaps between units, have on accuracy

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Teach Year 3 students to make sense of metric measurement with a complete unit on choosing appropriate units, estimating, measuring, comparing and ordering length, mass and capacity. This ready-to-teach mathematics resource includes explicit instruction, hands-on activities, student worksheets, a board game, assessment and rubric.

Aligned with Australian Curriculum v9.0, the unit supports whole-class lessons, maths groups, centres, independent practice and assessment.

What's Included

  • An editable PowerPoint teaching presentation
  • An editable PowerPoint quiz
  • The Metric Measurement at a Glance classroom display
  • Four hands-on activities: Length Scavenger Hunt; Mass and Capacity Scavenger Hunt; Estimate, Measure, Compare Stations; and Metric Unit Sort Cards
  • The Measurement Mission board game and task cards
  • Nine student worksheets covering units, tools, ruler reading, estimation, mass, capacity, conversions, ordering and problem solving
  • The Classroom Measurement Challenge assessment
  • Answer pages and suggested responses
  • A five-level marking rubric
  • A final unit plan PDF

Learning Focus

  • Choose sensible metric units for everyday objects
  • Match measurement tasks with appropriate tools
  • Read rulers and simple scales
  • Estimate before measuring
  • Compare and order measurements
  • Convert small metric steps, including metres to centimetres and kilograms to grams
  • Explain measurement reasoning in problem-solving contexts

Classroom Use

Use the presentation for explicit teaching, the display for classroom reference, the activities and game for hands-on practice, the worksheets for consolidation, and the assessment and rubric as a clear evidence point.

This is a digital resource supplied in PDF and editable PowerPoint formats and licensed for single-classroom use. No physical product will be shipped.

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