Worksheet Grade 3 Art & Music

Kestrel Creek Sample Jar Labels: A Grade 3 Liters Worksheet

A grade 3 worksheet where students design color labels for water sample jars and solve liquid-volume problems in liters from a creek club's data.

Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Art & Music
Material: Worksheet
Time: 30 min
Prep: No prep
Materials: None

Standards

3.MD.A.2 Common Core Math

Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l). Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as a beaker with a measurement scale) to represent the problem.

How this material aligns: Students add, subtract, multiply, and divide liquid volumes given in liters to solve one-step problems about the jars, the exact volume reasoning this standard asks third graders to practice.

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Objectives

Students will design a color-coded label for each water sample jar.
Students will solve one-step liquid-volume problems using liters.

Vocabulary

Key words: liter, sample, label, volume

Teacher overview

The Kestrel Creek water club is a made-up after-school club that fills jars with water from three places to test them. Each jar holds a number of liters. This worksheet asks students to design a color label for each jar so the club can tell them apart, then solve liquid-volume problems in liters. The labels are the art task, and the volume math is the number task. Both matter, because a testing club must keep its samples clearly marked and must measure the water it collects.

Kestrel Creek Sample Jar Labels: A Grade 3 Liters Worksheet — Grade 3 Art & Music

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Student Worksheet

Here is how much each jar holds:

Jar A, from the creek: 3 liters
Jar B, from the pond: 5 liters
Jar C, from the spring: 2 liters

Design a color label for each of the three jars. Use a different color for each place.
How many liters do Jar A and Jar B hold together?
How many more liters does Jar B hold than Jar C?
The club fills 4 more jars. Each one holds 2 liters. How many liters is that in all?
A big beaker holds 10 liters. The club pours out 4 liters. How many liters are left?
How many liters do Jar A, Jar B, and Jar C hold all together?
Which jar holds the most water?
A jar holds 6 liters. The club shares it into 2 equal buckets. How many liters are in each bucket?
The club has 8 liters. They need 12 liters for a test. How many more liters do they need?
Design a key that matches each color to a place. Then tell in one sentence why color labels help the club.

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Answer Key

Answer: Three labels, each a different color, one for the creek, one for the pond, and one for the spring. Accept any three distinct colors.
Answer: 8 liters. Jar A holds 3 and Jar B holds 5, and 3 plus 5 is 8.
Answer: 3 liters. Jar B holds 5 and Jar C holds 2, and 5 minus 2 is 3.
Answer: 8 liters. There are 4 jars of 2 liters each, and 4 times 2 is 8.
Answer: 6 liters. Start with 10 and pour out 4, and 10 minus 4 is 6.
Answer: 10 liters. Add 3 plus 5 plus 2, which is 10.
Answer: Jar B. At 5 liters, it holds the most.
Answer: 3 liters. Share 6 into 2 equal buckets, and 6 divided by 2 is 3.
Answer: 4 liters. They have 8 and need 12, and 12 minus 8 is 4.
Answer: A key that matches each color to its place, with a sentence such as "Color labels help the club know which water is which." Accept any clear reason.

Differentiation

Support

Let students draw simple beaker pictures with a mark for each liter, so they can count the liters up or down instead of computing in their heads. Provide the three jar colors already chosen so they can start the math sooner.

Extension

Ask students to add a fourth jar from a fourth place, choose how many liters it holds, and write one new liter problem about it with the answer.

ELL supports

Provide a picture of a jar next to each place name and pre-teach "liter" with a one-liter bottle students can hold. Give a sentence frame for item 10: "Color labels help because ___."

Extensions

Show students a real measuring cup or beaker marked in liters or milliliters, and have them point to where 1 liter, 2 liters, and 5 liters would each reach.