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About the Mathematics in This Unit

Dear Family,

We are starting a new unit in mathematics called How Far Can You Jump? Students will be measuring lengths and distances and solving measurement story problems. We will work with a variety of measurement units, including nonstandard ones like shoe-lengths, craft sticks, paper clips, and cubes, as well as standard ones, like inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters.

Throughout this unit, students will be working toward these goals:

Benchmarks/Goals Examples
Recognize that, when measuring the same length, larger units yield smaller counts (and vice versa). A book measured by craft sticks and paper clips. d
Estimate and measure lengths in inches, feet, centimeters, and meters. An eraser measured by a ruler. d

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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Coins, Number Strings, and Story Problems Unit 2 Attributes of Shapes and Parts of a Whole Unit 3 How Many Stickers? How Many Cents? Unit 4 Pockets, Teeth, and Guess My Rule Unit 5 How Many Tens? How Many Hundreds? Unit 6 How Far Can You Jump? Unit 7 Partners, Teams, and Other Groups Unit 8 Enough for the Class? Enough for the Grade?