Unit 1 Area & Surface Area
Lesson
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Lesson 1:
Building Toward:
NC.6.G.1
Building On:
NC.3.G.1
I can explain the meaning of area.
Addressing:
NC.6.G.1
Building Toward:
NC.6.G.1
Building On:
NC.3.MD.5
I know what it means for two figures to have the same area.
I can explain how to find the area of a figure that is composed of other shapes.
I know how to find the area of a figure by decomposing it and rearranging the parts.
Lesson 3:
I can use different reasoning strategies to find the area of shapes.
Lesson 4:
Addressing:
NC.6.G.1
Building On:
NC.4.G.2
NC.5.G.3
I can use reasoning strategies and what I know about the area of a rectangle to find the area of a parallelogram.
I know how to describe the features of a parallelogram using mathematical vocabulary.
Digital Manipulative
Youtube Video
Khan Academy Practice
Video Lesson Summary: G6U1V2 Parallelograms From Illustrative Mathematics
Lesson 5:
I know what the terms "base" and "height" refer to in a parallelogram.
I can write and explain the formula for the area of a parallelogram.
I can identify pairs of base and height of a parallelogram.
Digital Manipulatives
5.1: A Parallelogram and Its Rectangles
YouTube Video
Bases and Heights of Parallelograms
Khan Academy Practice
Video Lesson Summary: G6U1V2 Parallelograms From Illustrative Mathematics
Lesson 6:
I can use the area formula to find the area of any parallelogram.
Digital Manipulatives
6.2: More Areas of Parallelograms
Khan Academy Video
Finding the Height of a Parallelogram
Khan Academy Practice
Find Missing Length When Given Area of a Parallelogram
Video Lesson Summary: G6U1V2 Parallelograms From Illustrative Mathematics
Lesson 7:
I can explain the special relationship between a pair of identical triangles and a parallelogram.
Digital Manipulatives
7.2: A Tale of Two Triangles (Part 1)
7.3: A Tale of Two Triangles (Part 2)
Khan Academy Video
Khan Academy Practice
Video Lesson Summary: G6U1V3 Triangles From Illustrative Mathematics
Lesson 8:
I can use what I know about parallelograms to reason about the area of triangles.
Lesson 9:
I can use the area formula to find the area of any triangle.
I can write and explain the formula for the area of a triangle.
I know what the terms “base” and “height” refer to in a triangle.
Lesson 10:
I can identify pairs of base and corresponding height of any triangle.
When given information about a base of a triangle, I can identify and draw a corresponding height.
Digital Manipulatives
Khan Academy Video
Khan Academy Practice
Find Base and Height on a Triangle
Video Lesson Summary: G6U1V3 Triangles From Illustrative Mathematics
Lesson 11:
Addressing:
NC.6.G.1
Building Toward:
NC.6.G.1
Building On:
NC.4.G.2
NC.5.G.3
I can reason about the area of any polygon by decomposing and rearranging it, and by using what I know about rectangles and triangles.
I can describe the characteristics of a polygon using mathematical vocabulary.
Khan Academy Video
Finding the Area by Breaking Up the Shape
Khan Academy Practice
Video Lesson Summary: G6U1V1 Reasoning to Find Area From Illustrative Mathematics
Lesson 12:
I know what the surface area of a three-dimensional object means.
Digital Manipulatives
12.3: Building with Snap Cubes
Khan Academy Video
IXL Math
Surface Area of Cubes and Prisms
Khan Academy Practice
Video Lesson Summary: G6U1V4 Surface Area From Illustrative Mathematics
Lesson 13:
I can describe the features of a polyhedron using mathematical vocabulary.
I can explain the difference between prisms and pyramids.
I understand the relationship between a polyhedron and its net.
Lesson 14:
I can match polyhedra to their nets and explain how I know.
When given a net of a prism or a pyramid, I can calculate its surface area.
Khan Academy Video
Finding Surface Area Using Nets
Khan Academy Practice
Video Lesson Summary: G6U1V4 Surface Area From Illustrative Mathematics
Lesson 15:
I can draw the nets of prisms and pyramids.
I can calculate the surface area of prisms and pyramids.
Addressing:
NC.6.G.4
Building On:
NC.3.MD.5
NC.4.MD.1
NC.5.MD.4
NC.5.MD.5
I know how one-, two-, and three-dimensional measurements and units are different.
I can explain how it is possible for two polyhedra to have the same surface area but different volumes, or to have different surface areas but the same volume.
Digital Manipulatives
Khan Academy Practice
Lesson 17:
Addressing:
NC.6.EE.1
Building Toward:
NC.6.EE.1
Building On:
NC.4.MD.3
NC.5.MD.5
I can write and explain the formula for the volume of a cube, including the meaning of the exponent.
When I know the edge length of a cube, I can find the volume and express it using appropriate units.
Lesson 18:
I can write and explain the formula for the surface area of a cube.
When I know the edge length of a cube, I can find its surface area and express it using appropriate units.
Lesson 19:
I can use surface area to reason about real-world objects.
I can apply what I know about the area of polygons to find the surface area of three-dimensional objects.
IXL Math