Make the connections between area, tiling, and multiplication. A performance task and associated unit presents the concept of area and makes the connection to multiplication. Pupils work through three major sections of instruction that work with perimeter, area, and the relationship between the two. The unit provides teachers with several activities, notes, rubrics, and annotated work on the final performance task.

Concepts

area formulas, area, area model, area of rectangles, area of polygons, area of squares, square units, perimeter, perimeter of polygons, tessellations

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Bring in a quilt with a tessellated design to use with the quilt activity

Classroom Considerations

• Requires the class to be comfortable with multiplication
• Instructors should understand how to conduct a formative assessment lesson (FAL)

Pros

• Includes answer keys for the assessments
• Contains multiple intervention supports

Cons

• None

Common Core

MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 MP5 MP6 MP7 MP8 3.MD.C.5.a 3.MD.C.5.b 3.MD.C.6 3.MD.C.7.a 3.MD.C.7.b 3.MD.D.8