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Measurement Standard
for Grades 3–5
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Expectations |
| Instructional
programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable
all students to— |
In grades 3–5 all students should— |
| Understand
measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems,
and processes of measurement |
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understand such attributes as length, area, weight, volume,
and size of angle and select the appropriate type of unit
for measuring each attribute; |
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understand the need for measuring with standard units
and become familiar with standard units in the customary
and metric systems; |
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carry
out simple unit conversions, such as from centimeters
to meters, within a system of measurement; |
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understand that measurements are approximations and how
differences in units affect precision; |
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explore what happens to measurements of a two-dimensional
shape such as its perimeter and area when the shape is
changed in some way. |
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appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine
measurements |
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develop
strategies for estimating the perimeters, areas, and volumes
of irregular shapes; |
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select and apply appropriate standard units and tools
to measure length, area, volume, weight, time, temperature,
and the size of angles; |
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select and use benchmarks to estimate measurements; |
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develop,
understand, and use formulas to find the area of rectangles
and related triangles and parallelograms; |
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develop strategies to determine the surface areas and
volumes of rectangular solids. |
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