Grade 3 - Shape and Space
Standard 3.SS.3 - Practice converting between different metric units.
Included Skills: Measurement
Demonstrate an understanding of measuring length (cm, m) by: • selecting and justifying referents for the units cm and m • modeling and describing the relationship between the units cm and m • estimating length using referents • measuring and recording length, width and height. • Achievement Indicators • Students who have achieved this outcome(s) should be able to: - Provide a personal referent for one centimetre and explain the choice. - Provide a personal referent for one metre and explain the choice. - Match a given standard unit to a given referent. - Show that 100 centimetres is equivalent to 1 metre by using concrete materials. - Estimate the length of an object using personal referents. - Determine and record the length and width of a given 2-D shape. - Determine and record the length, width or height of a given 3-D object. - Draw a line segment of a given length using a ruler. - Sketch a line segment of a given length without using a ruler.