Math By All Means: Area and Perimeter, Grades 5-6

by Rectanus, Cheryl

• ISBN13: 9780941355186
• ISBN10: 0941355187
• Edition: Teacher
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Math Solutions

Summary

The Math By All Means teaching units provide teachers with cohesive, classroom-tested lessons specially designed for five to six weeks of instruction. Hands-on investigations with regular and irregular shapes help students go beyond learning the traditional formulas for finding area and perimeter. Lessons use color tiles, string, rulers, and measuring tapes.

Author Biography

Cheryl Rectanus has been teaching for the past 12 years, first in the San Francisco Bay Area and then in Portland, Oregon. She has taught grades 2 through 8.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Assessments	p. 15
What Are Area and Perimeter?	p. 17
The Blob	p. 36
The Garden Problem	p. 126
The Blob, Revisited	p. 163
Area and Perimeter, Final Assessment	p. 167
Whole Class Lessons	p. 23
The Area Stays the Same	p. 24
Foot Stuff	p. 41
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All	p. 54
Menu Activities	p. 75
The Perimeter Stays the Same, Part 1	p. 78
Round Things	p. 86
The Banquet Table Problem	p. 100
Double the Circumference	p. 114
The Perimeter Stays the Same, Part 2	p. 134
Perimeter with Cuisenaire Rods	p. 149
Homework	p. 177
Hand Measurement	p. 178
The Cost of Banquet Tables	p. 179
Results from Double the Circumference	p. 179
Half the Square	p. 180
Double the Perimeter	p. 181
Blackline Masters	p. 185
Area and Perimeter Menu	p. 186
Foot Stuff	p. 187
The Garden Problem	p. 188
The Perimeter Stays the Same	p. 189
Round Things	p. 190
The Banquet Table Problem	p. 191
Double the Circumference	p. 192
The Perimeter Stays the Same, Part 2	p. 193
Perimeter with Cuisenaire Rods	p. 194
Centimeter-Squared Paper	p. 195
Inch-Squared Paper	p. 196
Index	p. 197
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