👀 Can you find the Perimeter???👀

Can you tell me the perimeter of this house? 

Most adults cannot from the top of their head. Sometimes as the teacher we expect our students to know a lot more than they should. Their brains grow just as much as our adult brains do therefore we have to continue to shape and mold them with new material to sharpen their tools and expand their knowledge.  In order to do this we must start out with the basics and try to help our students build on the tools they already have.  This Perimeter topic can be difficult to some students but as the teachers it is all about how your present the material to help the children who are learning.  Like a wise woman once told me .. " its not what you say , its how you say it" so for teachers the saying is "its not what you teach, its how your teach it ". 

Grade : 3rd Grade 

Content: Perimeter

Common Core Standard :

Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.D.8
Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.

I like this beginning worksheet because its geared towards 3rd graders its starts out as a review for students to look at the given shapes to discover what the perimeter would be then it gives the students word problems at the end . This is tackling to different forms of learning, which is very helpful to different kinds of students/learners. I also like that the worksheet is colorful and stands out to the students. 

 This is another worksheet I found to be helpful for students to do as they review this material of perimeter. 

Vocabulary in Mathematics is just as important as it is in English. So after discovering these Vocabulary Cards I felt that this would be a great element to a lesson  surrounding perimeter. Students need to also have a grasp of the vocabulary associated within each math topics. 

Reflection: As I reflect on this topic of Perimeter I defiantly remember wondering "why is perimeter so important and what does this have to do with my life". However as an adult I see how much I use perimeter for the little things like measuring the width of my chair etc. I want to be a master of the topic of perimeter so that I can make this topic fun and engaging because I remembering being a bored 3rd grader trying to see how this connects to my life later on down the road. I want to use manipulatives and other resources to make teaching perimeter more engaging.  As a future teacher, I want to make this topic fun , interactive and bring an element of reality into why using perimeter is so important.