Los sistemas de medición 6-pack Author: Janine Scott ISBN: 9780176360382 Copyright Date: 2003 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: S Strategy/Skill: Making inferences, Making predictions, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Explanation Theme/Topic: History, Math, Science and Technology Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

People use all kinds of tools to measure distance,weight, area, and time (distancia, peso, superficie y tiempo).  This book explains how these things were measured in the past and the history of the measuring tools and systems that we use today.

Features of the Book

• Comparison of past and present measuring systems
• Procedural text
• Specialized vocabulary – termómetro, unidades, estándar, superficie, piedra miliar, paso romano, sistema métrico, sistema inglés

Purpose

Los sistemas de medición can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:

• identifying problems and predicting outcomes
• making inferences and supporting them with evidence from the text
• exploring word families
• developing an argument based on information in the text
• exploring the ways that people measure distance, weight, area, and time (distancia, peso, superficie y tiempo)

For more information please see our Lesson Plan