UNIT 1: LENGTH - CUSTOMARY SYSTEM
Lesson 1.1 - Length
- Length and distance
- The ruler
- Customary length units: inch, foot, yard, mile
- Abbreviations for customary length units
Lesson 1.2 - Perimeter
- Perimeter of straight-sided shapes
- Perimeter of curved shapes
Lesson 1.3 - Length Estimation
- Estimating lengths with fingers, hands, feet, and strides
Lesson 1.4 - Selection of Units
- How to select appropriate customary length units
Lesson 1.5 - Changing Measurement Units
- Comparing lengths with the same units of measurement
- Changing between customary length units
- Conversion factors for customary length units
UNIT 2: LENGTH - METRIC SYSTEM
Lesson 2.1 - Length
- The meaning of metric prefixes: kilo, centi, milli
- Use of base ten for metric units
- The metric ruler
- Metric length units: kilometer, meter, centimeter, millimeter
- Abbreviations for metric length units
Lesson 2.2 - Perimeter
- Perimeter of straight-sided shapes
- Perimeter of curved shapes
Lesson 2.3 - Length Estimation
- Estimating lengths with fingers, hands, and strides
Lesson 2.4 - Selection of Units
- How to select appropriate metric length units
Lesson 2.5 - Changing Measurement Units
- Comparing lengths with the same units of measurement
- Changing between metric length units
- Multiplying and dividing by base ten to change metric length units
Lesson 2.6 - Converting Between Metric & Customary Systems
- Multiplying by conversion factors to convert customary length units to metric length units
- Multiplying by conversion factors to convert metric length units to customary length units
- Using reciprocals of conversion factors to convert between customary and length measurement units
UNIT 3: AREA - CUSTOMARY SYSTEM
Lesson 3.1 - Area
- Area concept
- Using grids for area measurement
- Customary area units: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles
- Abbreviation for customary square units
Lesson 3.2 - Area Calculation
- Calculating area by multiplying length by width
Lesson 3.3 - Area Estimation
- Using grids and map scales to estimate area
- Calculating area with estimated lengths and widths
Lesson 3.4 - Selection of Units
- Selecting appropriate customary area units
UNIT 4: AREA - METRIC SYSTEM
Lesson 4.1 - Area
- Metric area units: square millimeter, square centimeter, square meter, square kilometer
- Abbreviations for metric square units
Lesson 4.2 - Area Calculation
- Calculating area by multiplying length by width
Lesson 4.3 - Area Estimation
- Using grids and map scales to estimate area
- Calculating area with estimated lengths and widths
Lesson 4.4 - Selection of Units
- Selecting appropriate metric area units
UNIT 5: VOLUME - CUSTOMARY SYSTEM
Lesson 5.1 - Capacity Units
- Cubic units
- Calculating cubic volume by multiplying length by width by height
- Liquid capacity units
- Dry capacity units
- Customary liquid and dry capacity units: ounce, cup, pint, quart, gallon
- Abbreviations for customary capacity units
Lesson 5.2 - Cubic Units
- Cubic units for fixed shapes
- Customary cubic units: cubic inch, cubic foot, cubic yard, cubic mile
- Abbreviations for customary cubic units
Lesson 5.3 - Volume Estimation
- Estimating the volume of a rectangular prism by estimating the length of width, length and height and multiplying those lengths
Lesson 5.4 - Selection of Units
- Selecting appropriate customary capacity units
- Selecting appropriate customary cubic units
Lesson 5.5 - Changing Measurement Units
- Changing customary capacity units
- Changing customary cubic units
- Multiplying conversion factors to convert large units to small units
- Dividing by conversion factors to change small units to large units
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UNIT 6: VOLUME - METRIC SYSTEM
Lesson 6.1 - Capacity Units
- Metric capacity units: milliliter, liter, kiloliter, centiliter
- Liter size compared cubic metric measurement: 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm
- Milliliter size compared to metric cubic measurement: 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm
- kilometer size compared to cubic metric measurement: 1 m x 1 m x 1 m
- centiliter size compared to cubic metric measurement: 1 cm x 1 cm x 10 cm
- Abbreviations for metric capacity units
Lesson 6.2 - Cubic Units
- Calculating cubic volume by multiplying length by width by height
- Metric cubic units: cubic millimeters, cubic centimeters, cubic meters, cubic kilometers
- Abbreviations for metric cubic units
Lesson 6.3 - Volume Estimation
- Estimating the volume of a rectangular prism by estimating the length of width, length and height and multiplying those lengths
Lesson 6.4 - Selection of Units
- Selecting appropriate metric capacity units
- Selecting appropriate metric cubic units
Lesson 6.5 - Changing Measurement Units
- Changing metric capacity units
- Changing metric cubic units
- Multiplying conversion factors to convert large units to small units
- Dividing by conversion factors to change small units to large units
- Converting cubic meters to cubic centimeters by multiplying by 1 million
- Converting cubic centimeters to cubic millimeters by multiplying by 1000
Lesson 6.6 - Converting Between Metric & Customary Systems
- Multiplying by conversion factors to convert customary capacity units to metric capacity units
- Multiplying by conversion factors to convert customary cubic units to metric cubic units
- Multiplying by conversion factors to convert metric capacity units to customary capacity units
- Multiplying by conversion factors to convert metric cubic units to customary cubic units
- Using reciprocals of conversion factors to convert between customary and capacity measurement units
- Using reciprocals of conversion factors to convert between customary and capacity measurement units
- Approximate conversions between quarts and liters
UNIT 7: TIME
Lesson 7.1 - Telling Time
- The analog clock
- Reading the analog clock
- AM and PM
- Time measurement units: second, minute, hour, day, month, year
- Abbreviations for time measurement units
Lesson 7.2 - Calculating Time
- Calculating difference or change in hours and minutes
Lesson 7.3 - The 24-Hour Clock
- 24-hour time or military time
- Comparing 24-hour time to regular time
Lesson 7.4 - Standard Date
- Using numbers and slashes to express dates
- Standard dates using month/day/year or day/month/year
UNIT 8: TEMPERATURE
Lesson 8.1 - Fahrenheit Scale
- Measuring temperature by degrees
- Fahrenheit temperature scale
- Negative temperatures
- Conditions at different Fahrenheit temperatures
- The thermometer and how it measures temperature
- The meaning of freezing point
- The meaning of boiling point
- Recording Fahrenheit temperatures with degree symbol and abbreviation for Fahrenheit
Lesson 8.2 - Celsius Scale
- Celsius temperature scale
- Conditions at different Celsius temperatures
- Freezing point and boiling point on the Celsius scale
- Recording Celsius temperatures with degree symbol and abbreviation for Celsius
Lesson 8.3 - Fahrenheit to Celsius Conversion
- Formula for changing Fahrenheit degrees to Celsius degrees
- Short cut approximate conversion from Fahrenheit degrees to Celsius degrees
- Conversions with negative temperatures
Lesson 8.4 - Celsius to Fahrenheit Conversion
- Formula for changing Celsius degrees to Fahrenheit degrees
- Short cut approximate conversion from Celsius degrees to Fahrenheit degrees
- Conversion with negative temperatures
APPENDICIES
- Appendix A - Glossary
- Appendix B - Customary System Units
- Appendix C - Metric Prefixes and Units
- Appendix D - Conversion Factors
- Appendix E - Decimal Arithmetic
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