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Resource: Getting into Area: Hands-On Problem-Solving Activities for Grades 4-6
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Website: Getting into Area: Hands-On Problem-Solving Activities for Grades 4-6
Author: Bloomer, A.
ISBN: 0866518339
Publisher: Dale Seymour Publications
URL: http://www.amazon.com/Getting-into-Area-Anne-Bloomer/dp/0866518339/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239041743&sr=1-1
Year: 2000
Description: Real-life topics from architecture to sewing assure these 21 "discovery activities" make sense. Students use Pattern Blocks, tessellation patterns, geoboards, and dice to explore area and perimeter and make connections to multiplication, fractions, and decimals.

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