Unit 6 is typically a four-week unit taught in May and June.
Mathematics is a tool to solve problems in everyday life. In this unit, students explore measurement problems involving the attributes of time, capacity, weight, temperature, and volume. Students also explore how to use mathematics to describe locations using a grid.
The unit begins with an exploration of elapsed time. In Grade 2, students measured time to the nearest minute. Building on this basic understanding, instruction in Grade 3 focuses on students physically manipulating clocks and calendars to determine time duration. The use of concrete materials to model elapsed time enables students to construct the mental models needed to solve elapsed time problems without manipulatives in Grade 4.
The investigation of measurement concepts in Unit 6 provides students with opportunities to apply knowledge of patterns, area, geometry, and multiplication explored in previous Grade 3 units. Students use benchmarks and their knowledge of patterns and multiplication to estimate capacity and weight. In this unit, students use knowledge of multiplication, area, and geometry to estimate the volume of rectangular prisms. Students apply their knowledge of scale, which was explored previously in Unit 1, to read thermometers.
Finally, at the end of the unit, students use mathematics to locate points on a simple grid. This will prepare them for Unit 1 of Grade 4 where they will represent data using line graphs.
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