Customary Measurement Conversions

Looking for a fun interactive teaching idea for converting customary units of measurement? Well look no further as Customary Measurement Conversion PowerPoint Presentation, for CCSS 4.MD.1, will serve as an exciting lesson plan for 4th grade elementary school math classrooms. This is a great resource to incorporate into your unit as a guided math lesson, introduction or review exercise, and whole class activity.

This Converting Customary Measurements PowerPoint includes 22 colorful instructional slides. This comes as a PowerPoint (ppt) file that can be used on your computer and projected to the classroom screen or smart board. Consider having students take notes in a notebook or journal as a reference sheet for later use.

The lesson starts with a review of the customary measurement units:
Length - inches, feet, yards, miles
Capacity - fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, gallons
Weight - ounces, pounds, tons

This PowerPoint covers how to perform measurement conversions to convert from a larger unit of measurement to a smaller unit and from a smaller unit of measurement to a larger unit. At the conclusion of the lesson, there is a quick formative thumbs up and thumbs down assessment that can be used to gauge student mastery of the learning target. The final slide also has a quick fill in the blank quiz to further assess student learning. Your 4th graders will love to practice and learn to develop strategies about customary conversions with this product!

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging activity with your students!

Relevant Grade 4 Common Core Standard 4.MD.A.1
Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.
Cross Reference: Texas TEKS 4.8B and Virginia SOL 4.7B 4.8B