We were working on our daily writing journal assignment when two of my students wrote that one of their favorite after-school activities was playing four square. That gave me an idea. As it turned out, their dad had already had the same idea and had made a four square court at their house. So we made another one at school.
We grabbed masking tape, a yard stick, and a ball, and headed outside at recess.
Dimensions: 10 foot by 10 foot, "which makes the area of it 100 square feet" one of the students informed me.
That would make the middle line at - "5 feet!" answered another student.
We finished our little four square court and played a few nice long games of four square. I got to be queen only once, and I fell over only once, which isn't too bad for me.
