• Unit Overview

  • Letter Home
  • Unit Preparation
  • Mathematics in this Unit
  • Assessment in this Unit
  • Key Assessment Opportunities Chart
• Daily Practice and Problems
• Home Practice

• Lesson 1

  • Part 1: Walking the Perimeter
  • Part 2: Investigating Perimeter and Area
  • Part 3: Design a Playground Problem
  • Summarizing the Lesson
  • Homework and Practice
  • Answer Keys

• Lesson 2

  • Part 1: Introduce Lab Scenario
  • Part 2: Collect and Organize the Data
  • Part 3: Graph the Data
  • Part 4: Exploring the Data
  • Summarizing the Lesson
  • Homework and Practice
  • Answer Keys

• Lesson 3

  • Before the Lesson
  • Developing the Lesson
  • Summarizing the Lesson
  • Homework and Practice
  • Answer Keys

• Lesson 4

  • Part 1: Comparing Rectangles
  • Part 2: Designing Helipads
  • Summarizing the Lesson
  • Homework and Practice
  • Answer Keys

Lesson 2

Perimeter vs. Length Lab

Est. Class Sessions: 4

Daily Practice and Problems

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Teacher Notes

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TIMS Bit

Make Centimeter Grid Paper available to students.

Solutions will vary. Possible solutions:

I. Perimeter and Area

1. Draw a rectangle that has a perimeter of 18 centimeters. Use only whole numbers for the length and width. Find the area.
2. Draw a different rectangle that has a perimeter of 18 centimeters. Use only whole numbers for the length and width. Find the area.