Content Area: Math

 

Index: 4.2D Grade 4 CPI 3

 

Standard: 4.2 - Geometry and Measurement

 

Strand: D - Units of Measurement

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 - The student will develop and use personal referents to approximate standard units of measure (e.g., a common paper clip is about an inch long).

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Students identify parts of their body that are the same length as ten centimeters and use them to measure the length of their pencil.

 

·        Students find things in their environment that weigh about an ounce.

 

·        Students use a meter stick to identify a personal referent which is approximately a meter. For example, for one child it may be an armspan, for another it might be the distance between a kneecap and the top of the head.

 

·        Students measure the length of their pace in inches and use that information, along with a measurement of the length of the room in paces, to find the length of the room in inches.