Perimeter Lesson Plans

Finding Perimeter

In this lesson, students will find the perimeter of figures using cheese crackers. Next, they'll design a floor plan for their cheese cracker dream house, to help them practice and retain the formula for finding perimeter.

3rd grade

Math

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Find The Perimeter: Real Life Objects

Lesson plan

Find The Perimeter: Real Life Objects

This lesson on perimeter will let your students walk around the class to see the border, use a measuring tape to measure the walls in their classroom, and enable them to understand how math is related to real life!

3rd grade

Math

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The Case of the Missing Rectangle Side

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The Case of the Missing Rectangle Side

Your students will become junior math detectives as they hunt down the missing side of a rectangle by applying the area formula for rectangles. The only clues they have are the rectangle’s area and the measure of one side.

4th grade

Math

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What's In A Name? Finding Perimeter

Lesson plan

What's In A Name? Finding Perimeter

Your students will enjoy using the perimeter formula to find the perimeter of their initials! In this lesson, they will write their initials in block letters on graph paper to include an element of art.

4th grade

Math

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Perfect Perimeter

Lesson plan

Perfect Perimeter

Go to any length to test your students' understanding of perimeter calculations. Students will use their understanding of the perimeter of rectangular shapes to create rectangles that have different side measurements but equal perimeters.

4th grade

Math

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Calculate Perimeter

Lesson plan

Calculate Perimeter

Make real world connections with your students when it comes to perimeter. Use this geometry lesson with your students to discuss real contexts and teach them how to calculate perimeter.

3rd grade

Math

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Perimeter of Play

Lesson plan

Perimeter of Play

Practice calculating perimeter with the placement of carnival-themed games with given rectangular dimensions. Your students will use grid paper to determine the location of all the games they choose to make the perfect carnival.

4th grade

Math

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