Top 8 Strategy - Home Decor

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Math in Daily Life - Home Decorating

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/decorating.html

Inference Strategies

• CUB strategy:
• Students will circle all key numbers, Underline keywords and Box the question
• Conversion Strategy:
• Students will create a table labeled with each unit measurement.  In each column, the students will insert a measurement when they read it, then use the convert column to convert the measurement to either inches or feet

• Finding the dimensions of their home (estimations)
• Converting feet to inches and inches to feet from room to room
• when purchasing accessories and furniture, students would take those dimensions away from the area of the particular room
• The area of each room will be calculated, but the students need to know the area formula for both a square and rectangle

Instructions

Students will some day decorate their apartments and/or homes with accessories and furniture.  They need to be able to use measurements wisely to accurately have space to maneuver.  The students will get direct instruction on finding measurements using the area formula and conversion tools.  We would use multiple home accessories like rugs, sofas and small furnitures to to decorate their rooms.  After multiple examples, they will use cut outs (with measurements) to see what fits in their peers rooms.  They need to be able to explain why at least 5 cut outs will fit in the rooms, and all of the areas they are taking away from the room.