Clarifications:
Essential Understandings
Concrete:
- Use a ruler marked with fourths, halves, and whole inches to measure items.
- Understand the vocabulary of ¼ inch, ½ inch and whole inch.
- Use visuals to identify increments of ¼ inch, ½ inch and whole inch.
| Number: MAFS.3.MD.2.AP.4a | Category: Access Points |
| Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 |
Cluster:
Represent and interpret data. (Supporting Cluster) : Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters. Examples of Opportunities for In-Depth FocusContinuous measurement quantities such as liquid volume, mass, and so on are an important context for fraction arithmetic (cf. 4.NF.2.4c, 5.NF.2.7c, 5.NF.2.3). In grade 3, students begin to get a feel for continuous measurement quantities and solve whole- number problems involving such quantities. |