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"Rectangle Wrap-Around"
This is an activity from the Georgia Math Frameworks that I use to open this unit.
"Rectangle Wrap-Around"
This is an activity from the Georgia Math Frameworks that I use to open this unit.
Finding the Area of Right Triangles and Parallelograms
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Area Formulas for Right Triangles and Parallelograms
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Finding the Area of Non-Right Triangles
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Area of Trapezoids
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Area of Compound Figures
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Net Investigation and Vocabulary
I lead students through an investigation involving the nets of 3-D figures using physical manipulatives and introduce the vocabulary of the different types of prisms and pyramids.
I lead students through an investigation involving the nets of 3-D figures using physical manipulatives and introduce the vocabulary of the different types of prisms and pyramids.
Representing and Finding Surface Area
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What is volume?
For students who weren't exposed to or don't understand the concept of volume from 5th grade, I recommend a hands-on refresher investigation.
For students who weren't exposed to or don't understand the concept of volume from 5th grade, I recommend a hands-on refresher investigation.
Deriving the Volume Formula
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Finding the Volume of Rectangular Prisms with Fractional Side Lengths
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Special Volume Formula for Cubes
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What If the Cubes I Use to "Pack" a Figure Are Smaller Than One Cubic Unit?
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What If the Cubes I Use to "Pack" a Figure Are Larger Than One Cubic Unit?
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