Area Lesson Part 2: Recognizing Area to Design Space

Subject: Geometry, Math, Measurement and Data

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

Skills:

• Work in collaborative partnerships
• Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification
• Practice key math vocabulary
• Recognize area as an attribute of a plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement
• Design their own dream home using square unit measurements
• Model with mathematics
• Complete exit slips to provide instructional next steps regarding your students' understanding of recognizing area to design space

Materials Needed:

• Blank paper
• Pencils and crayons/colored pencils
• Document camera or whiteboard

Printable Resources:

• Student Resources:
  • “Exit Slips”  (1 copy per student)
  • “Student Dream Home” (1 copy per student)
• Teacher Resources:
  • “Area Vocabulary” (1 copy for display)
  • “Teacher’s Dream Home” (1 copy for display)

CCSS: 3.MD.C.5, MP4, SL.3.6