Unit 3 is typically an eight-week unit taught in February and March.
In Unit 3A, students continue to develop the foundational concepts that will help them to understand more complex ideas about time in later grades. In prekindergarten, students develop an understanding of concepts of time such as day, night, morning, and afternoon. Kindergarten students describe when events have happened or will happen. Daily and weekly classroom routines provide multiple experiences for students to develop this understanding of time.
Prekindergarten students used direct comparison to describe and compare the lengths of two objects. In Unit 3B, kindergarten students describe measurable attributes of length and weight, and they also compare the length and weight of two objects. In Grade 1, students will extend their understanding of measurable attributes to include capacity and time. In this unit, kindergarten students also begin to develop their understanding of the measurement process by using nonstandard units to measure length. They estimate and measure objects using both direct comparison and nonstandard units. These experiences prepare students for using the standard unit of an inch to estimate and measure length in Grade 1.
Students investigated two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, and four-sided shapes, in prekindergarten. In Unit 3C, students locate two- and three-dimensional figures in the classroom environment and describe the attributes of these figures. Students also explore three-dimensional shapes, including pyramid, cube, and cylinder. These experiences with geometric concepts build the foundation for more complex geometric thinking in later years.
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