Mrs. Langley

Principal  “Pat” Lee

 

Assistant  Debra Winzer

Homer Elementary School

624 Bonner St.

Homer, La 71040

(318) 927-2393

Office hours Monday-Friday

7:30am-3:30pm

 

FOURTH

GRADE MATH

 

Measuring Madness

           For the month of February, fourth graders will be learning to measure in “two languages”. One is the Customary Measuring System ( the way the United States Measures) and the other is the Metric Measuring System (the way most of the world measures).

 

Fourth graders need to develop a mental picture and an understanding of each of the following measuring units.

 

 

Length:

· Inches

· Feet

· Yard

· Miles

Customary Units

1. Have your child weight items in the fruit section of the grocery store or at home.

2. Look on food containers for the Customary and Metric measurements.

3. Check the temperature each day.

4. Measure items and convert to feet, yards, or meters.

5. Practice measuring with cups, pints, quarts, milliliters, liters.

6. Go over their homework.

Capacity or Liquid:

· Fluid ounces

· Cups

· Pints

· Quarts

· Gallons

Weight or Mass:

· Ounces

· Pounds

· Tons

Temperature:

· Fahrenheit

Metric Units

Length:

· Millimeters

· Centimeters

· Decimeters

· Meters

· Kilometers

Capacity or Liquid:

· Milliliters

· Liters

· Kiloliters

Weight or Mass:

· Grams

· Kilograms

Temperature:

· Celsius

Fourth graders also have to learn to convert measurements, such as

8 quarts = ______gallons

3 Liters = ______milliliters

As you can see, this is very challenging . Here are some ways you can help: