Needed: Good Ideas
All you teachery type people &/or creative folk, I need help creating a number of lesson plans for grades 4 & 5'ers teaching about perimeter & area and mass & capacity. Any great ideas? Let me know!
posted by Rachel @ 6:20 PM
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hey there Rachel,
For perimeter I got my grade 4's to measure their desks, the chalkboard, and other items in the classroom. For mass and capacity, I assigned them a 2L, 4L, 500ml or under and 1L homework task. They had to go home and list 10 things in each catergory that they could find. For example; shampoo is usually 400ml or 1L. Bottle of ketchup is 1L for a big bottle. Then we all shared our answers in class. It got them interested in mass and put real meaning to studying this type of math. One thing that I noticed teaching grade 4 is that once you introduce perimeter they understand it, but then to introduce area afterwards it gets a little confusing for them.
Here are a few teacher resources on teh web that are very helpful in coming up with different/creative lessons:
www.abcteach.com
www.lessonplanspages.com
www.spaceweather.com
i'd be happy to share with you any more lesson ideas as I taught grade 4 1 year ago. just email me at jwilliam@lakeheadu.ca if you need help for anything.
Thanks so much for the input! That is great advice - I just might use some of your ideas!
I did a 'survior math' theme once that was fun. I made an 'imuunity neclace" (from homework) had daily challenges tribal councils and all that fun stuff.
that's awesome nikki! Unfortunatley i didn't get your comment till too late - but I'll have to remember that for my next practicum! :)
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