5th Grade Perimeter

CaptureFifth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning how to find the perimeter of shapes (SOL5.8a), so today students in Ms. Shiew’s class created shapes out of virtual building blocks and asked their classmates to calculate the perimeter. First I posted a link to Build with Chrome on Google classroom. This is a great site for anyone who loves Legos (which means everyone in the world). Students could select different colors and sizes of bricks to build their shape. I explained that they would have to figure out the perimeter of their own shape before asking their classmates to do it, so they shouldn’t make it too complicated. Once the students finished building their shape, we took a screenshot of it (using the Snipping Tool on the Dell Start Menu). Then I posted a link to CheckThis on Google classroom, and the students created a simple webpage and uploaded their pic. Next they added a poll to their webpage and listed some possible perimeters, including the correct one. We used the knobs on the bricks as our unit of measurement. Finally the students published their webpages and posted the links to Google classroom so their classmates could figure out the perimeters of their shapes. You can see their projects here.