Rationale
Context: The purpose of this lesson was to follow along with the curriculum for math in the third grade. I used the North Carolina Standard Course of Study as a guideline for my lesson. This lesson is the first in a series of lessons on measurement. The class will first demonstrate how to measure lengths using metric lengths; centimeters, meters, and kilometers. I created a PowerPoint presentation on the classroom's Smartboard. It included description, definition, and problems for each metric unit of measure.
Impact: Each student will measure, estimate, problem solve, and calculate units of metric lengths and their numerical relationship to other metric units (100 cm = 1 meter). There will be several hands-on activities where the students will be able to use rulers and metersticks to measure different objects in the classroom. The ultimate goal is for the students to comprehend and demonstrate the correct manner in which to measure using metric lengths and to be able to find the equivalent in other metric units (3 meters = 300 cm).
Alignment:
NC- North Carolina DPI Elementary Education Specialty Area Standards </TD>
[Remove this set of standards] Standard : Standard 2: Elementary teachers have a broad knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in ... Indicator : Indicator 2: Teachers have knowledge of geometry and measurement. Teachers: [remove] Detail : Model appropriate measurement systems in various settings (standard, nonstandard, and metric system) in ...
I met this standard by using many techniques in engaging the students when teaching about metric measurement.
| NC- North Carolina DPI Elementary Education Specialty Area Standards [Remove this set of standards] | </TD> |||||||||||
| Standard : Standard 2: Elementary teachers have a broad knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in ... | |||||||||||
| Indicator : Indicator 3: Teachers have knowledge of patterns, relationships, functions, symbols and models. Teachers: | |||||||||||
| [remove] | Detail : Use problem solving to give meaning to patterns, functions and relationships, and | ||||||||||
I met this standard by using a station activity that created problems for the students in which they had to figure out the relationship between different metric units of measurement.
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