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Here are some suggestions....
By jlc84

Here are some suggestions as to what I did for the geometry and measurement unit:

- When teaching about solid figures, I had the students walk around the room and find real-life examples of solid figures.
- When
talking about lines, line segments, and rays, I had the students manipulate jump ropes, walking away from one another to represent lines and staying put for lines segments. It was very effective.
- When teaching about angles, I had the students manipulate pipe cleaners. Each student had two: one was yellow and the other was a different color. The yellow one was bent as a right

angle and stayed that way, while the other color was bent to model acute and obtuse angles, then held over the right angle to see the differences. This was also very effective.
- When doing area, I had the students put dots in the unit squares as they counted, and for perimeter I had them draw slash lines through the lines of the unit squares as they counted. This helped them to distinguish between the two, and also helped when counting so that the students could keep track.

Hope these suggestions help!