Longview ISD4th Grade Math Unit 7

4th Grade TEKS with Specificities
4.11Measurement. The student applies measurement concepts. The student is expected to estimate and measure to solve problems involving length (including perimeter) and area. The student uses measurement tools to measure capacity/volume and weight/mass. The student is expected to:
4.11Aestimate and use measurement tools to determine length (including perimeter), area, capacity and weight/mass using standard units, SI (metric) and customary.
Include:
  • Measurement should be hands-on application
  • Include and make the connections between the representations: concrete, pictorial, abstract,
  • Metric units of measurement
  • Customary units of measurement
  • Area and perimeter
  • Arrays with tiles
  • Linear lines for dimensions
Length
  • Inches, feet, yards
  • Centimeter, meter, kilometer
Capacity
  • Cups, pints, quarts, gallons
  • Milliliters, liters
Mass/weight
  • Ounces, pounds (weight - use scales)
  • Grams, kilograms (mass - use balance)
4.11Bperform simple conversions between different units of length, between different units of capacity, and between different units of weight within the customary measurement system;
Include:
  • Estimate first
  • Measurement should be hands-on application; provide students common items for developing concepts
  • Customary (inch, foot, yard, mile)
  • Capacity - amount object holds; weight - gravitational pull on an object
  • Use conversion of customary measurements (e.g. 6 inches and 1/2 foot) in problem solving
  • 1 foot = 1/3 yard
  • 1 inch = 1/12 foot
  • 1 quart = ¼ gallon
  • 1 pint = ½ quart 1 cup = ½ pint
  • 1 ounce = 1/8 cup
  • 1 ounce = 1/16 pound
  • 3 ft = 1 yard
  • 4 qts = 1 gallon
  • 8 oz - 1 cup
/ 4.11Cuse concrete models of standard cubic units to measure volume
Include:
  • Concrete models should include cubes and blocks
4.11Destimate volume in cubic units
Include:
  • Estimate before actually finding the volume through exploration
  • Use linking cubes, foam cubes, wooden cubes etc.
Unit 7 Linear Measurement—Perimeter, Area, and Volume
Vocabulary Adventure
  • Inch p. 161
  • Foot p. 163
  • Yard p. 165
  • Mile p. 167
  • Meter p. 177
  • Millimeter p. 181
  • Centimeter p. 183
  • Decimeter p. 183
  • Kilometer p. 185
  • Perimeter p. 191
  • Area p. 193
  • Volume p. 195
Investigations
Seeing Solids and Silhouettes (volume)
  • Investigation 1: Session 1 “Building with Cubes” and Session 2 “Making Mental Pictures”
The Shape of the Data
  • Investigation 2 “How Tall Are Fourth Graders?” (Session 5 may be omitted; median is a 5th grade TEK.)
/ Making Connections with Measurement Grade 4 TAKS (Region IV)
“Polygon Perimeters”
Draw and cut out polygons according to dimensions on pp. 40-43. Students measure polygons and complete pages 56-65 (answer key pp. 44-53). Assess with pp. 66-68.
“Area”
Use the customary units polygons cut out for perimeter and have students cover with color tiles to determine area. Have students measure perimeter of the color tile to aid understanding of “1 square inch”. For irregular shapes use p. 75 with pattern blocks determining which one to use as the “unit”. Assessment pages 78-80.
MathLearningCenter
Volume 1—Contact
Lessons 78-79 “Flags-Estimation (area)”
Volume 2—Contact
Lessons 167-169 “Measuring Lengths with Standard Tools”
Volume 3
Lesson 7 “Exploring Perimeter”
Lesson 8 “Standard Units of Length”
Lesson 16 “Congruence and Area” (geoboards)
TEXTEAMS
  • Measurement Golf-- estimating and measuring length
  • Maddening Measurement—estimating and measuring length
  • My Foot!—area
  • The Greatest Perimeter
  • What Can I Make with 30 cm?
  • Tables and People—perimeter and area problem solving
Gumdrop Measurement—
  • perimeter and area
  • Tangram Areas
  • The Texas Area Problem—estimate/compute area
Measuring Up
Chapter 8 Lessons 44 (length), 49 (length, perimeter, and area), and 51 (volume)
MeasureWorks
Appropriate units are tabbed.
Math Essentials
Types of measurement are mixed together in pages 97-116
Problem Solving Strategies (linear)
Count On It pp. 44-45 (volume), pp. 20-21, pp. 46-47
Measuring Up pp. 18-19

8/27/2007DRAFT 3