Wow, what an awesome day! After spending the week on learning about perimeter and area. We ended our lessons by completing a project that was fun, helped the PTA, and tied it all together perfectly!
We started the planning of the "put-in cups" by working in teams to determine how to create a shape when given the perimeter and area of an irregular polygon (letters). We used the custom design "fence" looking template for the students to plan on, and I used the put-in-cups alphabet to modify letters and know how it should look exactly. (The templates are downloadable on this site: https://www.putincups.com/shop/help.html
Now, the hard part was figuring out how 5 classes would complete a project that built upon one another. I divided the letters "BUTLER BRONCOS" among the classes. The first class had to finish at least the outline in order for the next class to start.
If you want to know what letters your child did here is the breakdown:
1st period - BU
2nd period - TL
3rd period - ER - B
4th period - RON
5th period - COS
I am absolutely impressed with the Butler students. They did an amazing job planning, discussing, and working together to plan and implement this project.
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