How would you connect calculating area to your students? by Teah Argent https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s en-us 2018-05-13 07:15:37 UTC 2018-05-14 23:20:50 UTC hello@padlet.com fwubbster https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663716 Be passionate about the subject, relate the situations to real problems, make the atmosphere welcoming and supportive]]> 2018-05-14 23:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663716 https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663834 Relate questions to real life situations ]]> 2018-05-14 23:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663834 Give them a real life situation eg. find the area of the paddock or pen to hold cattle or chickens https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663856 2018-05-14 23:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663856 https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663869 Ask students to bring in pictures/items from home and initiate a show-and-tell activity, then pointing out the usage of areas in these items

]]> 2018-05-14 23:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663869 whitster123 https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663961 Being passionate and relating area to different real life things, like the size of a paddock for country kids, area of a bedroom for people who may like big rooms or maybe the area of an oval for the sporty kids. It could be encouraged that the kids come up with something to measure the area of something they might need to measure ]]> 2018-05-14 23:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/teahjaneargent/2poo28qrqj2s/wish/260663961