E2.5: Use the rows and columns of an array to measure the area of a…

Fence It, Fill It: Area and Perimeter Grades 3–4

Which mat is really the biggest? Does the same fence always hold the same garden? Can the same rug need more edging? Four lessons where students tile, stretch rope and chalk the schoolyard to find out that area and perimeter measure different things.

• Which mat is the biggest? 50–60 min

  Teams cover three taped mats with sticky notes and find that the long, thin mat that looks biggest is the same size as a small square one. Students explain area as the number of unit squares that cover a shape, and find it faster by multiplying rows by columns.

• Can the same rug need more edging? 45–60 min

  Teams build every rectangle they can from the same 24 square tiles and find that the edging around them runs from 20 to 50 tile edges. Students explain that the same area can have different perimeters, and use length × width = area to find a missing side.

Printable practice for E2.5

• Fence It, Fill It: Area and Perimeter workbook included with the unit

  3 English-support pages, 3 practice pages, 3 readings, 1 word wall, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

• Grade 3 Ontario Math: Spatial Sense printable pack

  1 practice page, 1 assessment, with answer keys. Free sample.

• Grade 4 Ontario Math: Spatial Sense printable pack

  1 reading, 1 practice page, 1 assessment, with answer keys. Free sample.

• Grade 4 Time and Measurement Problems printable pack

  3 practice pages, with answer keys. Free sample.

• Grade 4 Common Core Math: Geometry and Measurement printable pack

  1 reading, 1 practice page, 1 assessment, with answer keys. Free sample.

• Grade 4 Time and Measurement Word Problems (Common Core) printable pack

  1 practice page, with answer keys. Free sample.

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