area and perimeter By beachmom

Well.......I walked around their desks and counted the perimeter and told them the word RIM was inside of this word perimeter. I then ha ha ha walked on top of their desks!:eek: We talked about the rim of other objects in

the room. With area I handed out paper make believe "area rugs" they colored them and we voted on our favorite "Rug" to place around the rooms. They all have area rugs at home different sizes and colors, long ones and short ones, squares and rectangular. Anyway I told them that the area rug covers an area of the house. How much area does yours cover????Are some the same area but look different?

We shared up front two that covered the same "area" but looked different. The paper rug had large squares on them to decorate and color. We also put tasles on the end with a hole puncher and small pieces of yarn this covered perimenter again. Hope this helps.:s)

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