Happy New Year!!

Welcome to 2013!! We have come along way since the start of school in August. This month, we started our new unit on Measurement, Data, Time and Money. This is a big unit because it covers 4 very important skills (and because it's going to take us about 2 months to complete everything).

In this hands-on unit, students recognize the need for standard units of measure (centimeter and inch) and they use rulers and other measurement tools with the understanding that linear measure involves an iteration of units. They recognize that the smaller the unit, the more iterations they need to cover a given length.

They will also learn how to tell time to the nearest five-minutes (ex. 4:45, 3:05, 5:10, etc.), and count money and make change.

Students will also be learning how to collect, record and analyze data using a bar graph, line plot and picture graph.

Key Vocabulary
The terms students should learn to use with this unit are: inch, foot, yard, centimeter, meter, ruler, yardstick, meter stick, measuring tape, estimate, length, equation, number line, equally spaced, point, clocks, hand, hour hand, minute hand, hour, minute, a.m., p.m., o’clock, multiples of 5 (e.g., five, ten, fifteen, etc.), analog clock, digital clock, quarter ‘til, quarter after, half past, quarter hour, half hour, thirty minutes before, 30 minutes after, 30 minutes until, 30 minutes past, quarter, dime, nickel, dollar, cent(s), $, ¢, heads, tails