3rd Grade Magic of Math Unit 7: Time & Measurement

Build confidence with telling time, elapsed time, capacity, mass, and weight with 20 days of engaging, hands-on 3rd grade math instruction!

Magic of Math Unit 7 gives students meaningful opportunities to explore time and measurement through visual models, games, interactive activities, problem solving, and hands-on practice.

Week 1: Telling Time

Students practice:

• Telling time to the nearest minute
• Reading analog and digital clocks
• Writing times
• Understanding hours and minutes
• Beginning to explore elapsed time

Week 2: Elapsed Time

Students build strategies for:

• Determining elapsed time
• Finding start and end times
• Using clocks and number lines
• Solving real-world elapsed time problems

Week 3: Measuring Capacity

Students explore:

• Capacity and volume
• Comparing capacities
• Cups, pints, quarts, and gallons
• Metric units of capacity
• Real-world measurement situations

Week 4: Measuring Mass & Weight

Students learn about:

• Mass and weight
• Comparing and measuring objects
• Ounces and pounds
• Grams and kilograms
• Solving measurement problems

These four areas make up the complete 20-day instructional sequence for Unit 7.

What's Included

• 20 days of lesson plans
• Mini-lessons
• Daily word problems
• Hands-on activities
• Partner games
• Independent practice
• Interactive notebook activities
• Vocabulary cards
• I Can statements
• Quick assessments
• Printable student activities

From clock games and elapsed time activities to capacity experiments and hands-on mass and weight practice, students have multiple opportunities to see, model, practice, and apply each new skill.

Standards: Aligned with 3rd Grade Common Core Math Standards and Texas TEKS throughout the unit.