MD.3.6

Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).

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Students determine the area of a right trapezoid.
Area of a Right Trapezoid
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Students determine the area of a right triangle.
How Many Square Units?
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Students are given a diagram showing a garden shaped like an irregular hexagon and are asked to find the area by counting the number of unit squares the figure contains.
Dawn’s Vegetable Garden
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Students are given a diagram showing a rectangular dog run and asked to find its area.
Fenced Dog Run
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CPALMS: This extremely versatile manipulative can be used by learners of different grades. At early grades, this manipulative will help the students recognize, name, build, draw, and compare two-dimensional shapes.
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Hook/Performance Tasks
Hook/Performance Tasks
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The purpose of the task is for students to use their understanding of area as the number of square units that cover a region to recognize different ways of representing fractions with area.
IM:  Halves, Thirds, and Sixths
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The purpose of this task is for students to find the area of figures that can be decomposed and then recomposed into rectangles.
IM:  Finding the Area of Polygons
Problem Based Lessons
Problem Based Lessons
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Robert Kaplinsky: Students determine if they have enough paint for a handball wall that is pictured in the task.
Do We Have Enough Paint?
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Graham Fletcher: Students watch a video and determine which piece of paper has a greater area.
The Paper Cut
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Robert Kaplinsky: Students decide which pizza deal is better for the money.
Which Pizza Is A Better Deal?
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Graham Fletcher: Students watch a video and determine how many tiles are needed to cover a table.
Piles of Tiles
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Robert Kaplinsky: Students decide which pizza deal is better for the money.
How Can You Replicate This Prank?