Units of Measurement Word Wall Vocabulary

Print out these Units of Measurement Word Wall Vocabulary cards and cut them along the line. Stick them up around your room to immerse your students in the content specific vocabulary.

There is a blank sheet provided at the end for any extra words that your students may want to add.

Words include:

yard, decilitre, decimetre, litre, quart, ton, gallon, mile, millisecond, milligram, gram, kilogram, volume, metric ton, metric units, mass, standard units, length, unit of measurement, metric system, matter, density, weight, millennium, inches, capacity, day, week, minute, second, hour, pint, month, millilitre, foot, ounce, measurement, metre, kilometre, centimetre, cup, millimetre, year, decade, century.

Australian Curriculum alignment

• Mathematics > Year 3 > Measurement and Geometry > Using units of measurement > ACMMG061

  Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacityElaborationsrecognising the importance of using common units of measurement (Skills: Numeracy, Critical and C...

• Mathematics > Year 4 > Measurement and Geometry > Using units of measurement > ACMMG084

  Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperaturesElaborationsreading and interpreting the graduated scales on a range of measuring instruments to the nearest ...

• Mathematics > Year 5 > Measurement and Geometry > Using units of measurement > ACMMG108

  Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and massElaborationsrecognising that some units of measurement are better suited for some tasks than others, for example kilo...

• Mathematics > Year 6 > Measurement and Geometry > Using units of measurement > ACMMG135

  Connect decimal representations to the metric systemElaborationsrecognising the equivalence of measurements such as 1.25 metres and 125 centimetres (Skills: Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking)(V...

• Mathematics > Year 4 > Measurement and Geometry > Using units of measurement > ACMMG290

  Compare objects using familiar metric units of area and volumeElaborationscomparing areas using grid paper (Skills: Numeracy, Intercultural Understanding)comparing volume using centicubes (Skills: Num...

• Mathematics > Year 6 > Measurement and Geometry > Using units of measurement > ACMMG136

  Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacityElaborationsidentifying and using the correct operations when converting units including millimetres, centimetres, metres, kilometres, m...

• Mathematics > Year 6 > Measurement and Geometry > Using units of measurement > ACMMG138

  Connect volume and capacity and their units of measurementElaborationsrecognising that 1ml is equivalent to 1cm3 (Skills: Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking)(View this topic on www.australiancur...

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