Area lesson

There are SO MANY fun methods for teaching area and perimeter that keep students active, moving, and engaged; here are my favorites.

There are SO MANY fun methods for teaching area and perimeter that keep students active, moving, and engaged; here are my favorites.

Teaching Area and Perimeter - Ashleigh's Education Journey

Add some more spinner fun to your math lessons! Practice area and perimeter with these Zoo-Themed Area and Perimeter Printables!

There are SO MANY fun methods for teaching area and perimeter that keep students active, moving, and engaged; here are my favorites.

On everyone's blogs I keep reading about how short weeks are the longest. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE! At first it seemed to go ok...then I was in lots of meetings. The meetings seemed to make the week longer. They were all union related (I'm the building rep). And I love helping my colleagues out. I will start my week tomorrow with a continuation of meetings from last week. My students were excellent though! OH and I forgot...we spent the first two days back from a 3 day weekend taking Discovery…

From Perimeter People to Cheez-It squares ... we've got you covered!

Don't let composite shapes eat your lunch! I was skimming through instagram a few weeks ago and everyone was teaching composite shapes...and complaining about how hard they are. Ummm...it's because they are totally hard!!!! So many steps, lots of specifics, and lots of room for error makes it so difficult for us to help students to navigate how to solve for area and perimeter. Here's how to not let composite shapes {{and}} finding their area and perimeter eat your lunch! Divide up the shapes…

Here are some tried and true area and perimeter games activities. Area and perimeter can be fun to teach and review. #areaandperimeter #areaandperimeteractivities #iheartteachingelementary

Math / Art Grid Lesson: Good for multiplication and area lessons