3rd Grade Measurement and Data
What your child will learn
- Tell and write time to the nearest minute and understand elapsed time (3.MD.1)
- Measure and estimate liquid volumes (3.MD.2)
- Create picture graphs and bar graphs to represent data (3.MD.3)
- Measure with a ruler to the nearest ¼ inch (3.MD.4)
- Understand area. (3.MD.5)
- Measure the area by counting unit squares. (3.MD.6)
- Use multiplication to find area of rectangles. (3.MD.7)
- Solve problems that use perimeter. (3.MD.8)
Vocabulary
Grade 3 Measurement and Data Vocabulary Flashcards
- Analog Clock: A clock that shows time by moving hands around a circle for hours,minutes, and sometimes seconds
- Area: The number of square units needed to cover a surface
- Digital Clock: A clock that shows time to the minute using digits
- Distance: The amount of space between two given points
- Elapsed Time: A measurement of the amount of time from one event to another
- Estimate: A guess or rough calculation of worth, quantity, or size
- Mass: A measure of how much matter is in an object.
- Measure: Use of standard units to find out size or quantity in regard to length, height, area, mass, volume, time, perimeter
- Perimeter: The distance around a figure
- Scaled Bar Graph: A graph that uses bars to show data
- Scaled Pictograph: A graph that uses pictures to show data
- Standard Unit: A traditional unit of measurement from the metric or customary system. Examples include inches, meters, pounds, etc.
- Time: Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, and so on. Time is shown on a clock or calendar.
- Volume: The amount of space occupied by an object
Activities at Home
- Share and discuss tables and graphs found in newspapers and magazines.
- Conduct a survey among family members or friends and construct a bar graph or pictograph.
- Make a physical pictograph using real objects (e.g., fruits, vegetables, cereal, kitchen tools). Record the graph on paper. Change the scale to create a new pictograph.
- Make records of important times of the day (wake-up, dinner, going to school, getting home from school, etc.) and practice telling how long between activities.
- Calculate elapsed time by finding out how long it takes to complete daily activities (soccer practice, homework, take a shower, etc.)
- Measure the perimeter and area of the rooms in your home to determine which rooms are the smallest and largest.
- Use grid paper to make rectangles with the same perimeters. Determine the area of each rectangle.
- Fill a small box with blocks (e.g., sugar cubes) to determine its volume. Brainstorm multiple strategies to determine the volume.