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Customary Units of Volume

Description: 

This unit is designed to add to previous knowledge of customary units and introduce conversion of these units..  Students will use models to compare customary units of measurement.  Students learn the relationships among the customary units of liquid volume (fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, half gallons, and gallons).  Students review that an ounce is a customary unit of weight, while a fluid ounce is a customary unit of liquid volume.  

Learning Targets: 
I can understand relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units, including using models to compare customary units of liquid.
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Author: 
deyounb
Content Area: 
Mathematics
Measurement & Data
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Unit
Licensing: 
All rights reserved.
Grade: 
4
Common Core Math
Tags: 
cohort02-15-16
Measurement

How are the standards/objectives assessed?

Students will identify how to use models to compare customary units of liquid through an online adaptive assessment and an interactive game.  Students will also be informally assessed through the ability to work through classroom math centers.

Student prerequisite skills and knowledge

Students will demonstrate their ability to compare customary units of liquid by utilizing an online formal assessment tool and an informal interactive game.  Some previous exposure to vocabulary; such as, fluid ounces, cups, pints, half gallons, and gallons, would be useful but not necessary.

How is the concept or procedure explained or demonstrated?

Students will learn that customary units of liquid volume can be converted with the use of models and graphic organizers and that these conversions are used on a daily basis in the real world.

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

Each specific measurement unit will be explained in the brainpop instructional video and in the interactive student edition available through Think Central.  Students will also have practice converting these customary liquid measurements during math center activities as well.

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

The greatest challenge would be the students completely understanding how to utilize these graphic sources and organizers to convert customary units of liquid volume; for example, how many pints in a gallon.  The successes of this lesson are that students understand the importance of knowing how to do these conversions in the real world.  Another success is the fact the students move at different paces through the technology and their questions.  This allows for bigger academic success.  A challenge can be managing students to complete the lesson within a given timeframe with the technology available at my school; however, this challenge may be changing in the future with possible grant monies.