We had a fun time exploring area last week. We used one inch and three inch squares to find the area of two dimensional shapes around our classroom. Our kids quickly found out that you don't have to cover the entire shape to find the area. Rebekah figured out that you could lay out your squares on one row, and then find out how many squares would go into each row. Lots of our students began using multiplication to help them find their answers. Here are some pictures of the kids at work.
Alex and Rebekah had to work together to find the area of a cinder block face.
You can see how Coco has recorded her findings in her math notebook.
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