Area activities 3rd grade

8 tips for teaching area and perimeter lessons to help you guide your students toward deeper area and perimeter understanding and mastery.

Make teaching students about finding the area more fun in the classroom with these five activities! Including area robots, area crowns, area dinosaurs, & more!

In this blog post I will go over the third grade common core math standards 3.MD.5 – 3.MD.6 and provide you with activities you can use with your students. Measurement & Data // 3.MD.5 & 3.MD.6 I understand that the area of a plane shape can be measured in square units. I can measure area […]

A fun activity using Cheez-Its to find area and perimeter!

In this math project based learning activity, students use area and perimeter to design their own zoos. They must adhere to the minimum size for animal enclosures and other project guidelines as they construct their zoos. After designing their zoos, students must list the area and perimeter of each animal enclosure to ensure that they are large enough. This resource includes: teacher directions a force copy link to a Google Slides DIGITAL version of the activity (with rubric) student…

We finished our perimeter and area unit several weeks ago (right before fractions!), but I never got around to posting...

These FREE download area robots from Amy Lemons are a super cute way to math to your students. They are fun, and the kids can color their robots. There is also a sheet where your students tell how many boxes of the grid papers make up the different parts of their robot. These area robots were a hit in my math class, especially with the boys.

An Area Art Gallery- A FREE download over at Classroom Freebies too! A fun way to practice area in the classroom!

Area and perimeter are two of my favorite math concepts to teach. It's easy to have fun learning area and perimeter.