Measurement & Geometry – 4th Grade Math – Make A Quilt Project Based Learning

Description

Connect classroom skills to a practical project with purposeful decisions and problem solving.

• Grades: 4
• Format: Printable pages + Google Slides

Learning Objective

Students use their measurement and geometry skills to solve problems related to quilt making.

What's Included

• Teacher & Student Directions
• “What Is Quilt Making?” Information Card
• Developing Measurement Skills (eighths, twelfths)
• Classifying Shapes (sorting and drawing)
• Shape Riddles (reading clues)
• Symmetry (counting and drawing lines)
• Finding Area (dividing into equal square units)
• Measuring Fabric (ordering fractions on a number line)
• Creating Arrays (estimating/measuring equal square units)
• Finding Perimeter and Area (word problems)
• Getting Started (inches/feet/yards word problems)
• Measuring and Cutting (estimating, measuring)
• Cutting Triangles (cutting from squares, word problems)
• Making Patterns (arranging triangles to make squares)
• Challenge 1: Data on a Bar Graph
• Challenge 2: Creating a Line Plot
• Evaluation & Rubric
• Answer Key

Ways to Use

Project-based learning, enrichment, collaborative problem solving, or a culminating activity.

Preparation

Preview the student pages, choose the activities, and print the pages you need. For digital use, check device and internet access and assign the version you will use.

Standards & Skills

Source-listed alignment: 4.MD.A.1, 4.MD.A.2, 4.MD.A.3, 4.MD.B.4, 4.MD.C.5, 4.MD.C.6, 4.MD.C.7, 4.G.A.2, 4.G.A.3.