This winter we have been working on understanding area and perimeter. While students know that these concepts exist in every room, they aren’t really concerned with buying carpet or replacing ceiling tiles. Real world, yes, but not their world. I came up with two ways to tie area and perimeter into something that interested them and still connected our lessons to the world around us.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/meghan-everette/making-math-matter-pixel-art-perimeter-and-model-house-area/