Saturday, February 25, 2012

Area and Perimeter

Area and Perimeter















Do you have square tiles on the floor inside your school building?  If you do, you are in luck!  This week we had area and perimeter as one of the skills in our Everyday Math book.  Well, one day of area and perimeter will not let those two concepts stick inside the little brains.  So, I taped off shapes on the floor.  You can see the pictures below to get ideas.  I created 7 shapes and broke my class into equal teams.  The first day we did perimeter and the second day we did area.  To make it work, my class had to raise their hand when they thought they had the correct area.  I went to initial their worksheet when the team was ready to move to another shape.  Two teams could not be at the same shape at the same time.  Also, if they were loud in the hall, they got one warning, then they had a team time out.  Thankfully, they didn't get to this point.  My pictures provide a few shape examples.  Grab the free worksheet. Everyone in the building was intrigued by the shapes on the floor.  Some knew right away that we were measuring.  The kindergarten class thought they were fun shapes to walk on and jump through.  Even the secretary had couldn't help but ask what we were using the shapes for. 

7 comments:

  1. What a great idea! I'm just about to teach area and perimeter in 4th grade Everyday Math, so catching this post came at an opportune time!

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  2. I teach remedial math on the college level, and I think hands-on (in this case feet on) activities are the best!! To help your students remember perimeter, notice that the word "rim" is in perimeter, and the rim is walk you walk around to find perimeter.

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  3. This is super cute! Thanks for posting!

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  4. I love this idea! We are doing it tomorrow! There are 4 third grade teachers and we put 5 shapes in each room. We'll have 5 teams from each class and we will rotate throughout our rooms to find the perimeter and area of the shapes! Thanks for the great idea!

    Jackie

    http://third-grades-a-charm.blogspot.com/

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  5. This activity will help reinforce the concepts of perimeter and area. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. I know this is an old post but I saw it pinned on Pinterest. What a great idea and PERFECT timing! I am teaching perimeter tomorrow! :)
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    Jean
    Diving Into 2nd Grade

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