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Mind Your Pints and Quarts: Making Sense of Liquid Measurement Lesson PlanMind Your Pints and Quarts: Making Sense of Liquid Measurement Lesson Plan
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Mind Your Pints and Quarts: Making Sense of Liquid Measurement

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Young scholars convert among liquid measurement units. In this measurement lesson, students use Visual Thesaurus to gather information about customary units for liquid measure such as cup, pint, and quart, then young scholars practice converting measurements in these units.

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gallons, pints, quarts, units of measurement, measurement

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customary measurement, gallon, pint, quart, math
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Simulation

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