We went out to the playground to measure the area of 3 chalk shapes.

We used our bodies to measure their area.  We were very good at estimating the size of the area.

We recorded the area of each shape so we could look at which shape had the greatest area, and which had the smallest area.

We measured each shape twice.

The first time some of us lay down and some of us sat cross-legged.  We then decided that because some of us are tall and some of us are short,  we should all sit cross-legged.

We then went into the classroom too do some classroom activities on area and some information handling  using Carroll Diagrams.