Floor Area and Perimeter  

Grade Level(s): 3^rd Grade

Content Area:                                                                        Process Area:

Numbers and Operations                                           Problem-Solving

Algebra                                                           Reasoning and Proof

Geometry                                                                    Communication

Measurement                                                             Representation

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability                    Connections

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.6 Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units)

Targeted Needs of Student:

Understanding perimeter and area, working with unusual shapes, counting, adding, multiplying

Goal:

Practicing finding perimeter and area of shapes

Materials Needed:

1.      Blue Painter’s Tape

2.      Hallway Space

Explanation/Summary:

The teacher will tape off shapes on the floor either in the classroom or in the hallway and then have the students measure the perimeter and area based on the blocks of floor tile.  Students can do this in math centers (one group at each shape) or have a few shapes all together be one math center.

Resource:

www.teaching-in-oz.blogspot.com