1. Measurement

2. 10 millimetres = 1 centimetre
Draw 1 millimeter on your paper using a ruler… what did you learn about millimeters from doing this?
Can you name any objects in the room that are smaller than 1 centimeter? Why would you use millimeters instead of centimeters to measure?
10 millimetres = 1 centimetre
Complete Practice Booklet Pages 1 and 2

3. Millimeters and Centimeters
Complete page 1 and 2 in Student Booklet
Complete page 3 in Practice Booklet
Complete page 64 in Student Workbook

4. Journal – Millimetres (mm)
Complete page 3 in Student Booklet
In our world what would we measure with the
millimetre unit and why is this unit useful?

5. Millimetres, Centimetres and Metres
Create large shapes on the floor using masking tape.
Measure them by following your lines with string and then measuring the string using a metre stick.
How would this measurement change if you used a different unit of measurement? m? cm? mm? Try each one!

6. Converting Units Complete page 4 in Practice Booklet
Millimetre (mm)
Centimetre (cm)
Metre (m)
1 mm
0.1 cm
0.001 m
10 mm
1 cm
0.01 m
100 mm
10 cm
0.1 m
1000 mm
100 cm
1 m
Complete page 4 in Practice Booklet
Complete page 5 in Student Booklet

7. Converting Units Complete page 4 in your Student Booklet
Remember that next day we will be taking a
short walk around the community. Please
remember to dress warm!

8. Walking 1 Kilometre
1 kilometre = metres

9. Distance from home to school
Kilometres
How far do you travel to get to school?
Distance from home to school
Less than 1 km
More than 1 km
About 1 km
Predict how many times you would walk around the school to travel 1 kilometre

10. Estimating Units of Measurement
Which unit of measurement would you use to measure…
The distance from the hospital to the school?
The tip of your pinky finger?
A pencil?
A car?
Millimetres (mm), centimetres (cm), metres(m) or kilometres (km)

11. Estimating Units of Measurement
Complete Student Workbook page 65
Complete Mapping Activity in Student Booklet pages 6 – 8

12. Choosing the Right Unit
Choose five parts of your body to trace
Get a partner to trace you using pencil and chart paper
Measure your body parts using the appropriate unit of measurement
Record on page 9 in student booklet

13. Journal – Converting Units
Complete page 10 in student booklet
If you change metres to centimetres, will
the numerical value become greater or
less? Why?

14. Perimeter and Area- Rectangles
Perimeter - The area around something
Perimeter of a rectangle = l + l + w + w
Area – the amount of space an object covers
Area of a rectangle = length x width

15. Find the Perimeter Perimeter of a rectangle = 2l + 2w or 2 (l + w)
Create as many rectangles as you can with a perimeter of 20 cm
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Complete Perimeter Notebook Activity
Complete page 66 in student workbook

16. Find the Area Complete Area Notebook Activity
Area of a rectangle = length x width
Complete Area Notebook Activity
Complete page 67 in student workbook

17. Pigs robert munsch
Megan is told to feed the pigs, but not to open the gate. She does of course, and the results are hilarious as the pigs help themselves to coffee and the newspaper at the breakfast table, follow Megan to school, and ride home by way of the school bus.

18. Constructed Response - Area
Complete the constructed response on page 11 of the student booklet
A farmer has 100 m of fencing to make a pen for his pigs. He decides a rectangle would be the best shape.
What are some possible sizes of pens he could make?
How do the areas of the pens compare and what size
they would recommend and why?
What pen has the greatest area?
What is special about this rectangle?

19. Find the perimeter and area of a classroom door, then come up with a concept for our “Spring” door.
Draw your door and list all the necessary materials and their measurements.
Write your name at the top and enter it into the teacher inbox to deicide our “Spring has Sprung” door!

20. Complete unit review on page 269 in textbook
Math Review
Complete unit review on
page 269 in textbook

21. Volume
Volume – the amount of space occupied by a 3- dimensional object
Measured in cubic centimetres (for small objects) and metres (for large objects)
Volume of rectangular prism =
length x width x height
Complete page 68 in workbook h w l

22. Volume – Cubic Centimetres
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What is the volume of this rectangular prism?
length x width x height

23. Volume – Cubic Centimetres
Complete page 69 in workbook
Complete journal entry page 14 of booklet
How could you figure out how many cubes would fit in a box without filling it? Explain.

24. Towers Activity
When finished complete page 15 in student booklet

25. Volume – Cubic Metres Complete page 70 in workbook
Complete journal entry on page 15 in student booklet
Name a 3-D object that could be measured using cubic centimetres and a 3-D object that would be measured in cubic metres and explain why?

26. Capacity
Capacity is used for measuring liquids or the containers that hold those liquids
It is measured using millilitres (ml)or litres (L)
Order your containers from least to greatest…
What did you notice?

27. Capacity

28. Capacity – Frayer Model
Real-Life Problems and Visual Representations
Definition
Term
Examples
Non-examples

29. Capacity – Frayer Model
Definition:
Capacity is the amount that a container can hold.
Real Life Problems and Visual Representations:
Sarah is filling a 1L plastic bottle with different color sand. Which of the following containers filled with sand could she use to completely fill her bottle?
Container A: 355 ml
Container B: 225 ml
Container C: 125 ml
Container D: 420 ml
Container E: 160 ml
Possibilities:
Fill container C, 4 times.
Fill Containers A, B, and D, 1 time each
Fill Container D twice and Container E once.
Examples:
sand in a sandbox
water in a swimming pool
juice in a pitcher
milk in a glass
Non-Examples:
fencing around a garden
lace around a tablecloth
painting walls
tiling floors

30. Capacity - Estimation
Complete page 72 in workbook
Mr. Franklin filled a bucket with water to clean his floor. Does the bucket probably hold 9 litres of water or 9 millilitres of water? Explain.
A millilitre is about 20 drops of water.
This bottle is
1 L of water.

31. Activity
Complete pages 283 and 284, in textbook
Questions 1 - 4

32. Capacity - Conversion Complete page 17 of student booklet
To convert from litres (L) to millilitres (ml) you must multiply by 1 000
1 L = ml
To convert from millilitres (ml) to litres (L) you must divide by 1 000
1 000 ml = 1 L

33. Journal Entry
Complete page 18 in student booklet

34. Review Complete review page 19 – 21 in student booklet
Play “Pour It!” in groups of 2-4 players