Area activities

An Area Art Gallery- A FREE download over at Classroom Freebies too! A fun way to practice area in the classroom!

8 tips for teaching area and perimeter lessons to help you guide your students toward deeper area and perimeter understanding and mastery.

In this blog post I will go over the third grade common core math standards 3.MD.5 – 3.MD.6 and provide you with activities you can use with your students. Measurement & Data // 3.MD.5 & 3.MD.6 I understand that the area of a plane shape can be measured in square units. I can measure area […]

A fun activity using Cheez-Its to find area and perimeter!

These FREE download area robots from Amy Lemons are a super cute way to math to your students. They are fun, and the kids can color their robots. There is also a sheet where your students tell how many boxes of the grid papers make up the different parts of their robot. These area robots were a hit in my math class, especially with the boys.

Area and perimeter can initially be difficult to remember for your 3rd and 4th grade students. Use these area and perimeter activities to bring math to life

In this blog post I will go over the third grade common core math standards 3.MD.5 – 3.MD.6 and provide you with activities you can use with your students. Measurement & Data // 3.MD.5 & 3.MD.6 I understand that the area of a plane shape can be measured in square units. I can measure area […]

LEGO building challenge games help kids learn math concepts of area and perimeter, while practicing spacial reasoning, logic thinking, problem solving skills.

Let's talk area and perimeter. More specifically about area and perimeter of those combined shapes, complex shapes, what ever you want to call them. I remember my first year teacher I was like "This is the same as finding area and perimeter of a square or rectangle but you just combine it". Well, the spelled recipe for disaster. Ha! We got it figured out but time sure does make it easier. So. This is NOT just the same as area and perimeter of "regular shapes". I'm always looking for fun ways…