Week Eight: Measurement concept and skills: focusing on perimeter

Week Eight 1.      Measurement concepts and skills; 2.      Teaching sequence for measurement; and  3. Common physical and geometric measures.
Big Ideas	Through measurement being included in the classroom is giving students a hands on approach to learning how mathematics is practical, further developing other mathematical ideas. Because of this measurement in the classroom can be a fun experience that’s educational and can be extended off and linked into the real world. importance of measurement concepts and skills 1        Essential in everyday life e.g., money, time 2        Links number knowledge to spatial situations e.g., measuring volumes, areas, lengths and angles 3        Provides interesting, life-like problem-solving opportunities e.g., which chocolate is the best value? How many meters of tiles will cover my kitchen floor? Connects mathematics with other curriculum areas
Demonstrate concept skills and strategies	Concept: calculating perimeter of the outside of shape Skills: being first able to use an item near the student and using that item to measure, further extending onto calculating a perimeter of whole elements. Strategies: by first learning how to measure with using everyday items gives students a foreground to build their knowledge upon.
Demonstrate Language model
Demonstrate/ describe teaching strategies	The below activity gives students a hands on approach to learning perimeter that can be measured with items that are only on their desk, opening their minds up to how items can be measured and with what measurement tool (Reys, 2012).
Describe misconception	Some students are able to measure 8cm although are not able to draw 8cms. Doing activities as below asking students on grid paper to make a shape of 8 squares and then counting the outside of the shape. This further develops their knowledge of perimeter while becoming confident in their measuring skills (Reys,2012).
ACARA	Mathematics / Foundation Year / Measurement and Geometry / Using units of measurement / ACMMG006  (Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2014)
Resources and ideas	http://www.connectionslearning.com/_public/flash/geoboard/geoboard.swf The above link contains virtual Geoboards, this boards can also be a hard copy resource in the classroom. The Geoboards allows students to make basic shapes and then further extending on to creative shapes and working out their perimeter.
Concise synthesis textbook	Measurement together with geometry is one of the three strands from the Australian Curriculum (ACARA, 2014). Measuring process consists of identifying the events and attribute, measuring with informal and then standard units and then extending onto applying measurement to real world situations.
References	Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014). Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum: Language, Language for Interaction (ACELA1428). Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/english/Curriculum/F10?y=F&y=7&y=8&y=9&y=10&s=LA&s=LT&s=LY&layout=1          Reys, R. (2012). Helping students learn mathematics (pp. 139-163). Milton, QLD: WILEY.          Virtural Geoboards. (2016). Connectionslearning.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016, from http://www.connectionslearning.com/_public/flash/geoboard/geoboard.swf