Blog 8 Area - Tile Activity

 I was determined to come up with new techniques to make this activity enjoyable and inventive as we continued to explore area. Counting squares can become tiresome early in this topic, so I was determined to come up with new methods to make this activity enjoyable and innovative.

While doing some research, I came across a fantastic website with a variety of hands-on activities for the area. Students used the tile floor to figure out the area for this lesson. Throughout the lesson, students were divided into five groups of two. To fill in their allocated squares, each set of children was given tape, various sized blocks, and foam squares. After covering all of the squares, the students counted the blocks to determine the area. Because some students received various sized blocks, each group compared their measurements with other peers at the end of the lesson to see if they were the same or different.

Links: 

https://www.weareteachers.com/area-and-perimeter/