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Using units of measurement

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM MATHEMATICS

General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative thinking Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural Understanding
Competence

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSON LINKS OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
N&A M&G S&P (include learner diversity)
Prof

Week 1 /
Use scaled Understanding Create a measuring Students Introduction: Revisit “Millions to Millions to Measure by D
Lesson
1 instruments to instrument using created scaled Measure” and discuss the importance Why it is Schwartz
measure and non-standard units to measuring of using same unit of measure. important to
compare Problem-solving measure length. device using use the
lengths, Identify Lesson objectives (poster)
pop sticks: view same unit of
masses, Estimate and measuring Tell students they going to create measure Lesson Objectives
capacities and Reasoning their own measuring instrument using
temperatures
measure three device, mark when poster.
objects using the checklist. a popstick as the unit of measure. measuring
(ACMMG084)
Fluency device and record (Understanding - iteration, no gaps, length?
the results. Students no overlaps)
estimated,
At educational risk students – pair
Discuss how the measured and
with more capable students.
measuring recorded length
instrument could be of various Activity: Provide materials, allow
improved to make objects onto freedom to create (don’t prescribe). Pop sticks, blue tack,
measuring easier. activity sheet: Students work in pairs to create paper tape, marker pens.
view Activity measuring instrument.
Sheet 1, mark Students use device to estimate then
checklist. measure objects listed on Activity
Sheet 1 ‘Make Your Own Measuring Measuring activity sheet1
Students ‘Make Your Own
Instrument’.
discussed how to
Measuring Instrument’.
improve (Problem-solving - creating
measuring measuring device; reading and
instrument: recording data)
checklist /
anecdotal notes Class Discussion
Discuss / compare measurements.
Ask about usefulness of solid pop How did you
sticks to measure the objects? find using
[sticks got in the way, fell off, difficult the pop
to wrap around wrist] sticks to
measure?
Ask how the measuring could be
made easier. [Lead to idea pop stick
lengths can be marked on paper tape How could
and numbered to save repeated
we make it
lining up and counting]
easier?
(Reasoning)

Have students make a second tape

by marking off the length of one pop
stick several times. How is the
(Fluency) second tape
easier to
Ask: where would you put the use than the
numbers onto the tape? [Number first?
units from a zero starting point].
How do the
Extension students – how can you numbers
make measurement more accurate? help?
Encourage adding detail to scale to
identify parts of the whole unit. [fold in
half and hark midpoint, etc]

Conclusion
Congratulate students on creating a
scaled measuring device using pop
sticks.
Check off Lesson objectives on
poster √.
Return excess materials to
containers. Hand in activity sheet and
scaled measuring tape with names
on back.
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Using units of measurement

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM MATHEMATICS

General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative thinking Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural Understanding
Competence

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSON LINKS OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
N&A M&G S&P (include learner diversity)
Prof

Week 2/ Identify, shade and Identify, shade Millions to Measure by

Use scaled Understanding
Lessons Introduction: Revisit “Millions to
2 instruments to label cm square and label graph D Schwartz
measure and Problem-solving Measure” and discuss the metric
graph paper to paper to
compare system highlighted by the 4-page
represent lengths of represent
lengths, Fluency spread depicting a 1 metre snake
1cm, a decimetre lengths of 1cm,
masses, alongside a one meter scaled ruler. Looking at the
and 1metre. a decimetre and Lesson Objectives on
capacities and
1metre: view ‘snake’, what white board (WB).
temperatures Discuss lesson objectives. can you tell
(ACMMG084) Locate and record shaded graph
onto Activity sheet 2 paper, mark me about the Project on WB 4-page
Tell students they are going to numbers and spread showing 1 metre
objects estimated to checklist and
investigate the relationship between markings? snake
be 1cm, 10cm and 1 annotations.
the units that measure length (mm,
metre in length.
cm and m). Ask “what do you notice What do you
Estimate,
about the snake picture?” notice?
Use a scaled metric measure and
ruler to measure and record objects [100cm in a
Activity: Give students cm graph metre, evenly
record actual length 1cm, 10cm and
paper. Ask them to shade in 1 square spaced
of objects. 1 metre in Centimetre grid paper (1
to show one cm length and label it numbers,
length: review page per student)
1cm. smaller marks
Activity sheet 2.
Repeat for 10 squares, labelling it 1 between are
decimeter; and 100 squares for 1m mm]
(need to cut out multiple strips and
join them). (Understanding) Measuring activity sheet
2. (Record items
Students work with a partner to estimated to be 1cm
complete Activity Sheet 2: they locate long,10cm long and 1m
multiple objects which they estimate long)
to be around 1cm in length, also
10cm and 1m in length. (Problem-
Solve)
Scaled ruler, tape
Students then use a scaled measure.
instrument (their shaded graph paper,
ruler, tape measure) to measure the
objects and write the actual length
beside the estimates on Activity sheet
2. (Fluency)

At educational risk students – pair

with more capable students. Display How can we
activity instructions step by step on measure
WB. slightly over
or under one
Ask ‘how can we be more accurate cm?
with our measuring?’ [lead to using a
smaller unit of measure – the mm]

Discuss 10mm = 1cm and relate to Why is it

base ten system.
useful to
measure in
Ask students to measure their pencil
as accurately as possible. What units
millimetres?
of measure did they use? Why?

Extension students – estimate and

locate objects of varying lengths i.e.
30cm, 50cm, then measure to verify
their estimates. Record in their Maths
workbook.

Conclusion: Congratulate students

on representing cm, decimetre and m
on graph paper.

Check off Lesson objectives on WB.

Hand in activity sheet pack up desk

area.
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TERM/WEEKS: 2/ wk 1-4 YEAR LEVEL: 4 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Measurement and Geometry /

Using units of measurement

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM MATHEMATICS

General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative thinking Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural Understanding
Competence

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSON LINKS OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
N&A M&G S&P (include learner diversity)
Prof

Week 4 /
Use scaled Understanding Students select, Students select Introduction: Re-read “Millions to Millions to Measure by
Lesson
5 and 6 instruments to measure and record and measure Measure” 4-page spread depicting D Schwartz
measure and Reasoning the size of various various objects various units in metric system (mm,
compare objects choosing the using the cm, m, Km) and how they are related.
lengths, Fluency appropriate unit of appropriate unit
masses, measure (mm, cm, m of measure Watch ABC splash video ABC splash video
capacities and
temperatures
and km). (mm, cm, m and http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/m http://education.abc.net.a
(ACMMG084) km): review edia/1759011/ showing different units u/home#!/media/1759011/
Students create a Activity sheet 3, used to measure different lengths.
poster displaying mark checklist.
their objects, Discuss lesson objectives and display Lesson Objectives
measurements and Students create on WB. displayed on WB.
facts about a poster using
measurement using Google Slide Activity: Tell students they must find
Google Slide. showing objects at least two objects to measure using Which unit
and mm, two using cm, and two using would you use
measurements, metres. and why?
Measuring Activity
also facts about (Understanding and Fluency) sheet 3 “The Right Unit
measuring: for the Job”.
mark finished Students use Activity sheet 3 “The
poster against Right Unit for the Job” to record the
Rubric. objects and their length. Students
should justify why they chose that
unit of measure for the object.
(Reasoning)

How could you

Activity: Students to create an teach others Google slide
informative and well-presented poster about the
using Google Slide. Provide marking metric system Marking Rubric
rubric for poster task. and
measuring iPad
Using the ipad, students to take a length?
photo of each object measured. Then [informative
use Google Slide to create a poster]
Measurement poster showing objects
and their length in the appropriate
units.

Students to look for online images of

objects that can be measured in
kilometres and add these to the
presentation.
(Reasoning)

Students to include in their poster

measurement facts learned in the
previous weeks. What have
you learned
about
At educational risk students – can measuring
use alternative format to present and the metric
information, i.e. hard copy, oral system?
presentation. Display assessment
rubric and lesson steps on WB.

Conclusion: Congratulate students

on completing activity sheet and
progressing with poster.

Ask students to share some of the

facts they will be including in their
poster.

Check off Lesson objectives on WB.

Hand in activity sheet 3.

 References

Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (2012). BBC.Measuring length and distance. Retrieved on 14 March from
http://abcspla.sh/m/1759011

Schwarts, D. (2003). Millions to Measure. New York, NY: Harper Collins.

Siemon, D. E., Beswick, K., Brady, K., Clark, J., Faragher, R., & Warren, E. (2015).Teaching mathematics: Foundations to
middle years (Second ed.). South Melbourne, Vic;South Melbourne, Victoria;: Oxford University Press.

Western Australia Department of Education and Training. (2013). First steps in mathematics: Measurement: Understand units,
direct measure: Improving the mathematical outcomes of students. Retrieved from
http://det.wa.edu.au/stepsresources/detcms/navigation/first-steps-mathematics/