Using Cheez-Its for area and perimeter

jyllian24 · **Using Cheez-Its for area and perimeter** 11-18-2009, 04:28 PM

Hi!
I know I've seen a post about using Cheez-Its to teach area and perimeter...does anyone have any ideas they are willing to share?
Thanks in advance!

elisab1963 · **Cheez its** 11-18-2009, 04:43 PM

are good for area...pretzel sticks are good for perimeter.

nicosipp23 · **Neat idea!** 11-18-2009, 04:55 PM

I can picture this in my head, and I like it! I think the visual of the two will help the students to really see it. Also, it would be memorable enough that we could refer to it later!

aberbe · 11-18-2009, 05:26 PM

Oh very cool and I'm teaching this soon!

wonton · **cheez its & pretzel sticks** 11-21-2009, 04:17 AM

Great idea! Why didn't I think of that. ProTeacher provides teachers with a wealth of information even though sometimes it gets a little overwhelming as to what a great job teachers are doing out there.

CountryJo · **Really like the idea of the Cheez-its** 11-22-2009, 06:31 AM

To expand just a little and because I have them on hand. I might use the Goldfish for the perimeter as I am always talking about the ant going around the outside edge---or I-285 is the PERIMETER of Atlanta. Not sure I want to give them ANTS, but fish could certainly swim after each other.

mgf91280 · **elisab1963** 11-22-2009, 02:48 PM

Thanks for the pretzel stick idea!! I've always used wheat thins for area, but it NEVER occured to me to use something for the actual perimeter of a shape. What a great idea -- can't wait to use.

tripteach · **worksheet.** 11-22-2009, 04:30 PM

This is a little worksheet I made up for the cheez-its area. The kids used cheez-its to find the area of each shape. The kiddos needed at least 16 cheez-its each. One regular size box of cheez-its was enough for 20 kiddos. They loved it! I also did the area amigos suggested by someone else. I will post pic of ours later this week.