Measurement Conversions: Metric & Customary, Conversion Tables, Word Problems

Are you struggling to teach measurement conversions to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th-grade students? Look no further! This comprehensive unit has everything you need to make teaching measurement a breeze.

Our interactive and engaging resources make learning about metric and customary measuring systems a fun and simplified experience for your students. With step-by-step lesson plans, hands-on activities (available in printable or digital format), learning centers, review activities, and a unit assessment, this resource is complete from top to bottom.

You'll have access to a teacher guide that provides all the support you need to teach the material with ease. Your students will love practicing measuring length, weight, and capacity in both systems and converting across units within each system.

TEACHERS USING THIS MEASUREMENT UNIT LOVE:

• the step-by-step teacher guide that breaks each lesson down into an introduction, lesson activity, and closing - making the lessons easy to prepare for and deliver to your students.
• the engaging student activities (printable and digital) that present measurement in kid-friendly terms
• the easy to follow daily lessons and so much more!

THIS UNIT WILL HELP YOU EFFORTLESSLY TEACH:

• The two main systems for measuring (customary and metric)
• Units of measurement for the metric system including units for length (mm, cm, m, km), weight (g, kg), and capacity (mL, L)
• Units of measurement for the customary system including units for length (in, ft, yd), weight (oz, lb, T), and capacity (c, pt, qt. gal.)
• Creating conversion tables (ex. 12in,1ft ; 24in, 2ft...etc)
• Solving word problems for both metric and customary systems

HOW IT WORKS:

• Start your daily lessons with ease using our ready-to-go anchor slides. These slides will help you introduce and review important concepts quickly and efficiently.
• After the introduction, students will have the opportunity to work independently or in small groups to practice new skills. Our engaging and varied activities include games, interactive digital activities, task cards, and more!
• End the lesson on a high note by bringing the class back together to review and discuss what they have learned. This reflection time allows students to solidify their understanding of the material and share their thoughts and ideas with their classmates.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Teacher Guide with everything you need for each lesson. All needed resources are downloadable directly from the guide making prep a breeze! The teacher guide includes a unit overview, 11 daily lesson plans aligned with CCSS for grades 4-5. The lesson plans include detailed information about student objective, common core state standards, materials needed, teacher preparation required, and the steps on how to conduct the lesson. You'll even find sample anchor charts, model anchor charts, and answer keys embedded right into the teacher guide.
• 86 anchor slides provided in PowerPoint, PDF, or PNG image files. These slides help you teach each lesson.
• Student activity packet to go along with each daily lesson. The activity packet is printable OR Google Slides
• Conversion task cards to practice making conversions in both the metric and customary systems for length, weight, and capacity. Task cards are printable OR available as a digital LINKtivity Interactive Learning Guide.
• Learning extension games for each type of conversion to help students master each concept.
• Teacher video tutorial to help you get organized
• Jeopardy review game in PowerPoint for a whole class activity
• Unit assessment available as a printable paper copy or Google Forms

Please take the time to look at the very detailed sample to see exactly what you will be getting with this complete unit!

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Out of the hundreds of dollars ( yes, I know lol) that I have spent on TPT this is by far the best money that I have spent. I love that each day is planned with slides, practice, task cards and a game! Measurement conversions is the one thing I dread teaching each year and because of this I am super excited! Thank you so much for your hard work and for sharing with us! I will certainly be a future shopper!" - Stacy B.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Holy cannoli. I can't explain how much I DREAD teaching measurement conversions to my students. I decided to buy this product for teaching the unit this year and I am SO glad I did. Extremely limited amount of prep work, super clear, the student/teacher resource was so useful, and the strategies to teach were useful (why had I NEVER thought of using number lines before?!). Thank you so much for such a thoughtful product!” - 4th grade teacher

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This is one of the best and most comprehensive units I have purchased in a very long time. It is not only easy to use for students, but the teacher guide is the best I have ever seen! The digital resources make teaching and sharing a breeze. Thank you for this product!!” - 4th grade teacher