,In math, we have been talking about area and perimeter: what is area, what is perimeter, and what are the formulas for area and perimeter.
We read Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! a mathematical story that introduces a dilemma of planning rectangular seating arrangements so that all of the guests to a party can sit.
When looking at the number of people who can sit at a table arrangement, we were looking at perimeter. The next day we focused on building rectangular seating arrangements with set numbers of square tables to work on area of rectangles. Here are some photos of the students using square color tiles to experiment with area and perimeter of rectangles:
We read Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! a mathematical story that introduces a dilemma of planning rectangular seating arrangements so that all of the guests to a party can sit.
When looking at the number of people who can sit at a table arrangement, we were looking at perimeter. The next day we focused on building rectangular seating arrangements with set numbers of square tables to work on area of rectangles. Here are some photos of the students using square color tiles to experiment with area and perimeter of rectangles: