Metric Measurement

Looking for a fun interactive teaching idea for measurement word problems? Well bingo! Look no further as Metric Measurement Activity 3rd Grade Word Problems All Operation Puzzles, for CCSS 3.MD.2, is an exciting lesson plan for 3rd grade elementary school classrooms. This is a great resource to incorporate into your unit as a guided math center rotation, review game exercise, small group work, morning work, remediation, intervention or rti. It can also be used as a quiz, drill, test, or assessment tool to help determine student mastery of the learning target. Whether a student is homeschooled or given this task as a homework assignment, kids will also love working on these at home to study and improve their skills.

This puzzle set includes 16 colorful jigsaw puzzles, answer key, and an optional station instruction page with an example. These come as pdf printable sheets that can be printed on card stock and laminated for long-term use. As a suggestion, store them in a sealable gallon storage bag and place them in a foldable bin or tub for students to use throughout the year for enrichment when they finish early. Another idea, for a craft project, is students can glue the completed puzzles into a spiral notebook or journal as a model reference sheet. They can also be glued on a poster for displaying on a bulletin board or as a wall anchor chart.

By solving the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division word problems and finding the matching number answer and unit of measurement puzzle pieces, students can gain confidence in an important and sometimes challenging skill. These problems include the metric units of grams, kilograms, liters and milliliters. Your 3rd graders will love to practice and learn to develop strategies to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with measuring mass and volume word problems.

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging hands-on manipulative activity with your students! So set those worksheets aside and give our puzzles a try!

Relevant Grade 3 Common Core Standard 3.MD.A.2
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units.