Grade 2 - Measurement
Standard 2.MT.2 - Find the area of a shape using unit squares.
Included Skills: Geometry
Measurement Relationships • describe, through investigation, the relationship between the size of a unit of area and the number of units needed to cover a surface (Sample problem: Compare the numbers of hexagon pattern blocks and triangle pattern blocks needed to cover the same book.); • compare and order a collection of objects by mass and/or capacity, using non-standard units (e.g., "The coffee can holds more sand than the soup can, but the same amount as the small pail."); • determine, through investigation, the relationship between days and weeks and between months and years.