Measuring Angles

Looking for fun interactive teaching idea for measuring angles with a protractor activity? Well bingo! Look no further as Measuring Angles with a Protractor Puzzles, for CCSS 4.MD.6, will serve as an exciting lesson plan for 4th grade elementary school classrooms. This is a great measuring angles with a protractor resource to incorporate into your unit as a guided math center rotation, review game exercise, small group work, morning work, remediation, intervention or rti. It can also be used as a quiz, drill, test, or assessment tool to help determine student mastery of the learning target. Whether a student is homeschooled or given this task as a homework assignment, kids will also love working on these for distance learning at home to study and improve their skills.

This measuring angles with a protractor puzzle set includes 12 colorful jigsaw puzzles, answer key, and an optional station instruction page with an example. These come as pdf printable sheets that can be printed on card stock and laminated for long-term use. As a suggestion, store them in a sealable gallon storage bag and place them in a foldable bin or tub for students to use throughout the year for enrichment when they finish early. Another idea, for a craft project, is students can glue the completed puzzles into a spiral notebook or journal as a model reference sheet. They can also be glued on a poster for displaying on a bulletin board or as a wall anchor chart.

For these puzzles, measure the angle using a protractor to find the degrees of the given angle visual picture. Then determine the type of angle by classifying it as the correct vocabulary word of acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle or straight angle. By solving the problems to sort, scoot and match the puzzle pieces, students can gain confidence in an important and sometimes challenging skill. Your 4th graders will love to practice and learn to develop strategies about how to use a protractor to measure angles with this resource!

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging hands-on manipulative activity with your students! So set those worksheets aside and give our puzzles a try!

Relevant Grade 4 Common Core Standard 4.MD.C.6
Measure angles in whole-number degrees using a protractor.
Cross Reference: Texas TEKS 4.7C and Virginia SOL 5.11 5.12A