Day 63: Area of Rectangles Lesson

6th Grade Math Standards: 6.G.1 Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

The Learning Objective: Find the area of a rectangle

Quote of the Day:  “When you say you’ll do it, do it. Don’t give your word unless you intend to keep it.” - John Wooden

Agenda:

1. Jumpstart
2. Area Rectangles Notes
3. Area Rectangles Practice
4. Tiles Jumpstart
5. Area of Rectangles Homework

The Assessment: The students were assessed on the area of rectangles practice as well as some of the problems from the notes.

Homework: The area of rectangles homework worksheet as well as the weekly quiz being online.

My Glass Half-Full Take: I really liked the questions that made this lesson harder for students that came with a solid background in area of rectangles. Questions such as if a square has an area of 196 square feet, what is the length and height? Another question that students got hung up on was if a rectangular yard has a rectangular fountain in the middle, what will be the area that gets mowed?

One Thing to Do Differently: I did not anticipate that the notes, which consisted of four questions would take as long as they did. I just wish I had known this going in and I wouldn't have taken as long going over the jumpstart as I did. Although I will add that the jumpstart was very engaging and challenging (only about five students had the right answer all day). I also could have given students larger graph paper for the tiles jumpstart to help them arrange the tiles into all the factors of 48.