measure and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity, and instruments with labelled markings

How Bloomi helps with this

This is a NAPLAN-year topic. Bloomi teaches it with a short explainer, guided practice, and NAPLAN-style questions — every one traceable to this exact code.

What this looks like in the classroom

• making a measuring tape using metric units of length and using it to measure and compare things; for example, the girth of a tree; explaining that the lines on a ruler show the beginning and end of each unit
• using a strip of centimetre grid paper to measure and compare the length of objects, connecting this with centimetre units on a ruler and using fractions of a graduation to give a more accurate measure
• discussing how the capacity of a container or object usually refers to the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in millilitres and litres; comparing the capacity of different sizes of familiar drinks; for example, \(600\) millilitres, one litre, \(2\) litre and \(3\) litre milk containers