Content Standard: F. Measurement: Students will understand and demonstrate measurement skills.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)	Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Demonstrate the structure and use of systems of measurement.	Understand the metric and customary systems of measurement, and how each can be used.	Students will have hands-on experiences in measuring objects in both customary and metric systems. Page 309, #9-16, Addison-Wesley text. Estimation Sheet 6-1, Challenges Workbook, Addison-Wesley.	Students will explain the structure of the metric system and the customary system of measurement (in writing or orally).	millimeter centimeter decimeter kilometer meter milliliter liter inch foot yard  mile
3. Demonstrate an understanding of length, area, volume, and the corresponding units, square units, and cubic units of measurement.	Apply appropriate techniques and tools to determine measurements..	Measure objects to show understanding of length, area, perimeter, volume, and use the units needed Do open ended problems, such as Houghton Mifflin Assessment master 12, page 26.	Given pictures, students will explain the appropriate measurement in both the customary and metric systems. Assess using Activity Sheet 24, and/or Activity Sheet 71, Houghton Mifflin.	volume perimeter square unit cubic uni area