Five pages about capacity: how much a container holds, whatever its shape. Page 1 shows containers next to the cups of water that fill them: students write how many cups, then circle the two in each group that hold the same amount. A worked example comes first. On page 2 a full container is poured into an empty one marked in cups; students color the water and tell whether the two hold the same amount, and some of the empty ones hold more. Page 3 pairs a tall container with a shorter one: students read how many cups each holds and circle the one that holds more, or same. Page 4 matches containers that hold the same amount with lines, counting the cups on one side. Page 5 has four short word problems and two rows of containers to number from the least to the most they hold.
Set out a tall, thin vase and a short, wide bowl that hold about the same amount. Ask which holds more and take a vote, then fill one with cups of water, counting out loud, and pour it into the other. Do it again with rice or beans if water is not an option. Students are often surprised, which makes a good start for pages 2 and 3.
Try it in the kitchen: fill a tall glass with water and pour it into a wide bowl, or a mug into a jar. Guess first which holds more, then pour and see. Count how many cups of water fill a pot or a pitcher with a measuring cup.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page capacity pack for 2nd grade about containers of different shapes that hold the same amount. Count the cups that fill a vase, a bowl or a pitcher and circle the two that hold the same, then pour a full container into an empty one and color the water to see whether it fills up. Find out that taller is not always more, match containers that hold the same number of cups, and solve short word problems before putting containers in order by how much they hold. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.
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