3rd Grade Learning Plan

Subject- Math

Unit: Finding Perimeter

May 2, 2016

Enduring
Understanding/
Essential
Questions/SOLs/VBO
s

MA.3.9 The Student will . . . (SOL 3.9)

Estimate and use U.S. Customary and

Metric units to measure d) area and
perimeter.
MA.3.10 The Student will . . . (SOL 3.10)
Measure the distance around a polygon in
order to determine perimeter

I Can
I can explore finding the perimeter of a figure
Materials:

Materials

Base-ten cubes
Centimeter ruler
Tissue box
Small rectangular
box
Book
Daily work folder

Vocabulary
Perimeter
US
customary
units
Metric units
Tens

1. Separate the class into small group

rotations
a. 4/5 per group at each station for
approximately 20 minutes some with
Procedure

Ms. Manley, me, working on remediation

work preparing for the upcoming SOL

2. Have each student bring with them a

pencil and give them a piece of scrap
paper
3. Give each student a different object to
measure
4. Define Perimeter: the distance around
the outside of a figure, or shape.
5. Estimate the perimeter of the object in
front of them.
6. Use centimeter cubes to measure the
perimeter
a. Ask them if they need to measure
each side of the rectangle or just two

Assessments
Homework

sides adjacent to each other

7. Use a centimeter ruler to find the exact
perimeter
8. Make sure the students compare the
closeness of their estimation,
measurement with base-ten cubes, and
the centimeter ruler.
Formative
Summativ
e
Finding the perimeter of objects