Initials Perimeter and Area

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:

Reviewing finding area and perimeter, working with unusual shapes, counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying

Goal:

Providing students with practice finding area and perimeter of uncommon shapes

Materials Needed:

1.      Grid paper

2.      Coloring utensils

Explanation/Summary:

Students will write the initials of their first and last names on a piece of grid paper and then they will shade the amount of squares that they used. They will next find the perimeter of each letter and then the area of each letter.

Resource:

Observed at 2014 Teaching Fellows Senior Orientation at CMS Schools