Estimating Weight

Students estimate weight in grams and kilograms.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 3rd Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Today’s Goals • Estimate the weights of objects in grams and kilograms. • Explore grams (g) and kilograms (kg). • Language Goal: Justify the reasonableness of weight estimates. (Speaking and Listening) Materials Lesson Resources: Activity 1 PDF; Manipulative Kit: balance, sets of gram weights; Classroom materials: objects to measure, set of teacher-created metric weights