1. Good Morning! Unpack Use bathroom Sharpen 2 pencils/Check lead Write down homework and bring agenda and homework book to me Get breakfast and check in with me Morning Work – Read/Practice Facts

2. Helping the Gardeners at Kew Gardens, London. 3.MD.8 Day 10

3. Materials Per Group or Pair: Task 1 and 2 Per Student: Task 3 Exit Ticket

4. Warm Up! Name the polygon. If it is a regular polygon and one side is 15 m long, find the perimeter. Can you write more than one expression to solve the problem?

5. Kew Gardens in London is a famous botanical garden. There are many borders containing flowers and shrubs in the shape of many different polygons. There are many reasons for the gardeners to know about perimeter!

6. Question: How do mathematicians and gardeners find the perimeter of their borders? KnowDo area perimeter find perimeter

7. Task 1: Rose Border. 3m 5m 3m 4m 3m 6m Part A: How much border material is needed? Part B: If border costs $4 per meter, how much will it cost to put border in? 8m The rose gardeners are placing border material around the rose border shown in the diagram

8. Task 2: Vegetable Border Over in the vegetable garden, gardeners are preparing to install a small fence to keep rabbits out. They purchased 68 yards of fence. The long sides of the garden each measure 9 yards. The short sides are all congruent. How much fence is needed for each short side?

9. Task 3: The Patio A new patio is being built outside the café. The architects want the edges of the patio to be edged with bushes. Part A: How much of the patio edge will be lined with bushes? Part B: If each meter of boxwoods contains 2 bushes and if each bush costs $8, what will the cost be? 7m8m 15m 10m

10. Question: How do mathematicians and gardeners find the perimeter of their borders? KnowDo area perimeter find perimeter

11. Task 3: Art Show EXIT TICKET: The annual flower bed is shown below. What is the perimeter? 11 feet 7 feet 15 feet 3 feet