1st grade measurement Common Core 5.G.B.4 resources

Gingerbread Math

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This is an excellent real-world - hands-on math unit. Great for intervention time. It can easily be adapted to be easier or harder based on students' needs. The kids have so much fun doing this activity they don't even realize they are learning. I use recycled cardboard boxes from the lunchroom that they are getting rid of but you can easily buy cardboard at Walmart. This will easily take 1-2 weeks if done during intervention time.

Subjects:

Geometry, Math, Measurement

Grades:

K - 11th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

2.G.A.1

, 3.G.A.1

, 3.G.A.2

, 4.G.A.1

, 4.G.A.2

...

How many squares?

Created by

Brennan Caverhill

The goal of this visual / geometrical riddle is to determine how many squares can be drawn by tracing lines on the image below. Ask student to try showing all their work on the big one, or use the six mini ones to spread it out. TRY IT YOURSELF, FIRST! Answer key included, but don't look until you have had a chance to try it yourself, which will give you a genuine and empathetic student perspective that will show you what they'll be going through when you assign the work! This is a fun acti

Subjects:

Basic Math, Geometry, Measurement

Grades:

K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

K.G.A.1

, K.G.A.2

, 1.G.A.1

, 1.G.A.3

, 2.G.A.1