Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

Measurement

Date

November 13

Subject/Gra
de Level

Math Grade 3

Time
Duratio
n

30minutes

Teacher

Miss. Powell

Unit

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

Shape and Space: Use direct and indirect measurement to solve problems
Demonstrate an understanding of perimeter of regular and irregular shapes by:
- estimating perimeter
- measuring and recording perimeter
- constructing different shapes for a given perimeter (cm, m) to demonstrate
that many shapes are possible for a perimeter

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Create a object and calculate its perimeter

ASSESSMENTS
Products/Performan
ces:

Perimeter Robot

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Alberta Ed POS
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Are
a-Perimeter-Robot-Craft-628420

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

red card & a greed card

graph paper
markers
speech bubbles

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson
Attention Grabber
Assessment of
Prior Knowledge

Students will complete daily math about measurement

Introduction
- Today we are going to make perimeter robots
- What is perimeter
- How can we calculate perimeter
-

Time
5min

Transition to Body
Learning Activity
#1

Body
Introduce the activity Students will design their own robot on
graph paper. Explain to the students that they will draw the
robot, estimate the perimeter, and then calculate the perimeter
- Explain what a estimation is and that it is a educated guess
- Explain to the students that they can calculate a estimation by
thinking about how long the perimeter of their entire sheet of
graph paper is and then thinking about how much space their
robot takes up on the graph paper

Time
15min

- use images on the smart board to guide the students through

the activity
- make it clear to the students that the robot needs to be made
by coloring the entire squares and that the lines that the graph
paper makes will make the lines of their robot.
*** Show the students a example
STEP 1: Students will draw a robot on the graph paper
- Hand out sheets
- Instruct students to take out parkers or crayons
- Students will now design their robots
Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity
#2

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Consolidation of
Learning:
Sponge
Activity/Activities

- Walk around to each desk and ensure that the students are
designing the robot based on the squares
-

Once they are finished drawing you can hand out the
speech bubble. On the speech bubble they will name
their robot, estimate the perimeter, and calculate the
perimeter
- Students will write down their estimate and then they
will calculate their perimeter
- Tell the students that they can also calculate the
perimeter of their robot in sections
- Once they have finished they will switch with another
student to ensure that they have calculated the
perimeter of their robot correctly
- Students will then glue their speech bubble onto their
robot
- Did the students understand that they have to color in
the squares?
- Did the students understand that the perimeter is the
distance around the object
- Collect the robots and check that they calculated the
perimeter correctly
Closure
- What was the difference between your estimation and your
actual perimeter.

10min

Time

- Students can work on fun book or work on unfinished math

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe