Chapter 8

Mass

2nd Grade: Chapter 8 Outline

Week 31 - Week 32

Essential Questions:

  • How can we use a scale to measure and compare masses in kilograms as well as grams?

Content:

Students will know and understand:

    • How to use a measuring scale to measure mass in kilograms and grams.
    • How to order and compare masses.
    • How to use models to solve problems about masses.

Skills:

Students Will:

    • Measure the mass of different objects in both kilograms and grams.
    • Compare and order objects based on mass.
    • Model and solve problems involving mass.

Assessment

Chapter 8 Assessment: Mass

Formative Test: Common

Upon completion of Unit 8:

  • 2.MD.A.2. Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.
  • MP.1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
  • MP.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
  • MP.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
  • MP.6. Attend to precision.
  • MP.7. Look for and make use of structure.