Last week we wrapped up our unit on area and perimeter. Let me just say that it was a breath of fresh air after struggling through elapsed time. I think by this point we ALL needed an easier topic to tackle. … I know I sure did! Luckily enough, area and perimeter was the next concept on our pacing guides. I knew this topic tends to come easier for 3rd graders. These are also skills that kids enjoy learning about and lends itself BEAUTIFULLY to hands-on learning. So that’s exactly what we did!!!!! We started off slowly in our textbooks. We learned the word “perimeter” and we even practiced our measuring skills. We then moved on to an interactive activity from Blair Turner that had us using different methods of finding perimeter. For some examples students had to simply add the sides that were given, for others they had to use “tick marks” to count the number of units around a figure. I used this activity as an assessment and my students LOVED it! This student chose to use tick marks to find perimeter. Next, I gave my students Geoboards with different shapes and asked them […]