WILD ABOUT MEASUREMENT
Learning Goal of Todays Lesson:
- learn vocabulary for geometry and measurement
- use an organized inquiry to complete an open question for geometry
Starting out, we took part in a math activity that we have done in a prior week called "I Have, Who Has". This game served as a minds on activity but can also be used as a form of consolidation after a lesson, introduction to content or overview/recap.
Let the games begin.....
The game starts off with one person who has a clue such as "I have an Hexagon, who has...?" and the person who has a hexagon would respond saying what they have and ask who has their next clue. If done correctly the game includes all the students and will go throughout the classroom quickly. Associated with the game is also a lot of giggles, quick thinking and helping out a peer if they're not quick to respond. This game can, not only for math, be used for a variety of subjects. It helps students show their knowledge of the subject, think on their feet and helps with their ability to recognize and work together with their learning. Great game that I will most defiantly implement in my classroom, both during practicums and during my career.
Following this activity the class worked together to find the perimeter and area of a certain problem. Pat introduced the problem to the class:
"I can create 2 rectangular cages that use the same amount of fence but one cage is 6 square metres greater than the other. What could their side lengths be, if the sides are whole number values?"
She then told us (as advice to us as teacher candidates) that we should, during this task, encourage students to try multiple approaches and when they do to keep tack of what they have tried. This will help the students remain organized in their findings.
After this activity we worked with our elbow partners with multiple manipulatives that helped us to to explore the many different ways we could measure. Children can, after a task such as this one recognize that there are many different ways in measuring and that everyone can start!
Although not discussed in class, I found the resource below and think it would be great and very beneficial to implement into the classroom when teaching students about measurement. I know as a student measurement always confused me or I had difficulty when trying to remember certain rules. This resource is an Area and Perimeter Board Game and is available for teachers for FREE! Can help students to become pros at their area and perimeter skills. Within my practicum classroom right now the students are learning measurement as well. This week's lesson was a great way for me to pick up more methods and tools at approaching measurement to ensure all the children will be able to understand and grasp the new information. Click the link below to check out the Board Game Freebie!
There is a variety of resources available to educators to help them provide the best possible resources and tools to their students. I cannot wait to implement the tools used in this weeks class into my classes.
Take care and we will have a math congress soon!
Emily
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