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Developing Measurement Benchmarks

Third Grade: Scales and Balances

October 2007

Books similar to the following can be used with the lessons in the third grade kit.

Mud Flat Olympics by James Stevenson

Super Sand Castle Saturday by Stuart J. Murphy

Inchworm and A Half by Elinor J. Pinczes

Big, Better, Best! by Stuart J. Murphy

Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief and Measurement by Susan Hightower

How Big is a Foot? by Rolf Myller

Araminta’s Paint Box by Karen Ackerman

Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming

The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

Cluck O’Clock by Kes Gray

Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel by Leslie Connor

Lulu’s Lemonade by Barbara Derubertis

Room for Ripley by Stuart J. Murphy