1. Grade Level: 3 rd grade Mike Vorwald

2.  A measurement is a determination of the amount of something.  A measurement has two parts: a number value and a unit

3.  3.M.1.3. Students are able to identify U.S. Customary units of length (feet).  3.M.1.4. Students are able to select appropriate units to measure length (inch, foot, mile, yard.  3.M.1.5. Students are able to measure length to the nearest ½ inch.

4.  Inch  Foot  Yard  Mile 1 Inch 1 Foot = 12 Iches 1 Yard = 3 Feet 1 Mile = 5,280 Feet 1 Mile = 1,760 Yards

5.  Countries who use the English System for official measurement – United States, Liberia, and Burma  Where did these units of measurement come from?

6. What unit of measure do we use when measuring….  The length of this pencil?  The distance between Sioux Falls and Brookings, SD?  The height of the door?  The distance between the science center and the library?

7.  Students should learn to convert measurements into feet and inches.  For example – 17 inches = 1 ft. 5 in.  My height is 69 inches – Converts to 5 ft. 9 in.

8.  What is your height?  In inches?  In feet + inches?

10.  Carpentry, plumbing, and multiple other vocations.  When building a house, or really building anything at all.  Your ideas?

12.  Measurment of the Chalkboard eraser?  The desk?  A tile on the wall?  What in the room is 2ft 4in. ?

13.  Compare Scavenger Hunt worksheets

14.  Go over what we have learned today. Come up with 2 things as a group and write them down.

15.  Noooooo Homework!  We will see you tomorrow have a wonderful day!