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Session 10, Grades 3-5, Part A:
The Concept of Area (25 minutes)
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To begin to explore what the teaching of measurement might look like in the classroom, participants in the Measurement course first revisited a problem on area presented during Session 6. The participants then considered how children make sense of these ideas and discussed ways to present area concepts to elementary school students.
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Problem A1 |  |
Answer the questions based on what you saw in the video:
a. | What concepts and skills did the teachers mention as being important for students to understand? |
b. | What types of activities might be used to help students make sense of these concepts and skills? |
c. | Are there related concepts or skills that will affect whether or not students can understand and use these ideas? |
d. | Thinking back to the big ideas of this course, what are some other ideas that students should encounter to help extend and deepen their understanding of area? |
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Problem A2 | |
Choose one of the concepts that you listed for Problem A1 and describe an instructional activity that you might use to help students grasp that concept.
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Problem A3 | |
What role do manipulative materials play in making sense of these mathematical ideas? Do they support or hinder students' mathematical understanding of conservation of area?
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Join the discussion! Post your answer to Problem A3 on Channel Talk; then read and respond to answers posted by others. |
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