Week 09 · Time, mass and liquid volume
Number Hunt
Number Hunt
// Minutes, grams, kilograms and liters
⏱ about 15 min
Saturday: Number Hunt
Rosie and Bennie walk through the house with a notebook.
"Let us hunt for measures," says Rosie.
"Clocks tell time. Labels tell grams, kilograms and liters."
Bennie finds a bag of rice with a label.
"Look, this says 2 kilograms," he says.
Rosie finds a jug of water. "And this one says 1 liter!"
Hunt for measures
Look around your home with a grown-up.
Find clocks, food labels and bottles.
Read each number and its unit.
Try it: Number Hunt
Find a clock and read the time to the minute.
Find a food label with grams on it.
Find a label with kilograms or liters.
Write each number and its unit in a list.
Find a food label with grams on it.
Find a label with kilograms or liters.
Write each number and its unit in a list.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
What time is it?A walk starts at 4:50 and ends at 5:20. How long is it?
Which unit would you use for the mass of a watermelon?
◇ TIME IT WITH A GROWN-UP
Pick a short job, like setting the table.
One of you writes the start time to the minute.
The other writes the end time.
Together, find how many minutes it took.
One of you writes the start time to the minute.
The other writes the end time.
Together, find how many minutes it took.
Draw three things from your hunt and write each measure.
For a grown-up
This week your child read clocks to the minute and found elapsed time.
They also measured mass in grams and kilograms and liquid in liters.
Ask them to read a clock to you during the day.
Let them read the grams or liters on a food label.
They also measured mass in grams and kilograms and liquid in liters.
Ask them to read a clock to you during the day.
Let them read the grams or liters on a food label.
Great hunting! Next week Lizzy helps us read graphs.