1 Estimation and Measurement Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–2 Professional Commentary: Students estimate and then measure some simple lengths, first with candy bars of varying lengths and then with toothpicks of uniform length. They gain an appreciation of the importance of measuring with units of standard, though unconventional, length.... Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–4 Professional Commentary: Working with partners, students use yardsticks to measure each other's height and armspan to the nearest inch and compute the difference. They construct a bar graph of the differences and find that most students have the same height as they do armspan.... Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 2–4 Professional Commentary: Students measure, record, and graph plant growth and interpret data. Students plant seeds and, once the seeds sprout, record the height of the plants for several days.... 4 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Select Reasonable Unit of Measure Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 2–4 Professional Commentary: Students select the appropriate metric unit for measuring the distance hiked in one day. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 4 and 8 in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 5 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Identify a reasonable measurement of time Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 2–4 Professional Commentary: Students must estimate the time it might take to walk a 2-mile nature trail. They have the option of using a calculator.... 6 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Identify object measured in feet Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 2–5 Professional Commentary: Students identify an object whose length is appropriately measured in feet. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 4 in the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–6 Professional Commentary: This site has interactive clocks, games, quizzes, worksheets, and reference materials, all related to time. Analog and digital clocks help students in grades K-3 tell time to the nearest hour, half hour, 5 minutes, and 1 minute.... 8 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Identify Instruments of Measurement Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 2–5 Professional Commentary: Students must identfy instruments to measure length, temperature, and weight. This 3-part multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 4 in the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... |