5.11A - Area, Perimeter, Length, Weight, Capacity, and Time

 
The Texas Education Agency states:
Measurement units or their abbreviations will be used with numerical answers as appropriate.
Students will find perimeter or area using the information in verbal or pictorial representations.  Some measurements may be missing but can be identified using the attributes of the geometric figures.  Problems involving weight, capacity, or time may require conversion of units and may have pictorial representations to aid the student in finding a solution.
 
Lessons:
Day 1
Students will learn that formulas never fail and are constant.  Students will use formulas to find the perimeter of rectangles and squares.

Notes - Using Formulas to Find the Perimeter and Area of Squares and Rectangles

 
Day 2
Students will learn that formulas never fail and are constant.  Students will use formulas to find the area of rectangles and squares.

Notes - Using Formulas to Find the Perimeter and Area of Squares and Rectangles

 
Day 3
Students will use formulas to find the area of triangles.

Notes - Using Formulas to Find the Area of Triangles

 
Day 4
Students will measure the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares using a ruler.

Notes - Using a Ruler to Find Perimeter and Area

 
Day 5
Students will measure to solve problems involving length.  Students will measure length using both the metric and customary systems.

Notes - Length

 
Day 6
Students will measure to solve problems involving weight and mass.  Students will measure weight and mass using both the metric and customary systems.

Notes - Weight and Mass

 
Day 7
Students will measure to solve problems involving capacity.  Students will measure capacity using both the metric and customary systems.

Notes - Capacity

 
Day 8
Students will measure to solve problems involving length, weight and mass, and capacity.  Students will make simple conversions within the metric and customary systems.

Notes - Simple Conversions

 

CW - Measurement Quiz on CPS
 
Day 9
Students will measure to solve problems involving length, weight and mass, and capacity.  Students will make conversions with fractions within the metric and  customary systems.

Notes - Conversions with Fractions

 
Day 10
Students will measure to solve problems involving time.  Students will look at fractions of time such as 1 / 4 hour.  Students will add time such as 45 minutes + 30 minutes.

Notes - Fractions of Time

Notes - Adding Time

 
Day 11
Students will measure to solve problems involving time.  Students will measure elapsed time.  Students will be given a starting time and the elapsed time and determine the ending time.

Notes - Elapsed Time

 
Day 12
Students will measure to solve problems involving time.  Students will measure elapsed time.  Students will be given a starting time and the ending time and determine the elapsed time.

Notes - Elapsed Time

 
Day 13
Students will measure to solve problems involving time.

Review - Time

 
Additional Activities
Practice Problems on the Internet
Video - The Difference between Perimeter and Area
Rubric for Critter-Proof Garden
  • Math Advantage – Lesson 5.3 – Area
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