Volume math activities

Students benefit from hands-on activities to help boost their conceptual understanding of math. This focuses on measuring liquid volume.

Volume is can be a tricky concept for my fifth graders to understand. They always want to revert back to their fourth grade knowledge of area and perimeter. I’ve finally settled on a hands-on activity that allows the kids to explore volume and discover the volume formula on their own.

Teaching volume in 5th grade? This post shares tips, strategies and FREE volume resources that focus on calculating the volume of rectangular prisms.

Free fifth grade centers, anchor chart, interactive notebook, and printable activities for teaching volume in upper elementary.

Are you using an interactive math notebook with your upper elementary students? Are you ready to wow your students with 3D volume notes? Instead of using a finding the volume anchor chart, I am sharing a fun way to teach volume of rectangular prisms in a hands-on way. This finding the volume activity is especially helpful for your visual learners. I also share a free volume of rectangular prisms game which is great for math centers! Grab your free math game here!

Kids connect to math when they have a good visual! Do you need some ideas for objects you can grab from your home to represent right rectangular prisms during your volume unit?⁠ ⁠ I'm sharing a list of some basic items along with an idea for how to turn them into an impromptu classwork assignment with your students.⁠

Are you looking for hands on activities to teach your upper elementary students volume? Third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade students love math games like Minute to Win it challenge, Price is Right inspired games, and math card games to challenge their math skills. In my upper elementary classroom, it is important to provide hands on volume activities with math manipulatives. These are great during math whole group, math small group, and math independent activities like math centers.

Volume can be a tricky concept for students. Check out these 5 tips to make this concept easier for your students.

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