Unit 6: Applying the Operations to Area & Perimeter

Lesson 1:  Discovering Area

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• I can understand what area is and demonstrate measuring area through tiling and counting with manipulatives. 

• Video Links

  • WCPSS: Whole Number Area Model

• Technology Links

  • Area Builder Explore 

  • Area Climber

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer 

Lesson 2:  Designer Dilemmas

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3rd Grade Unpacking Document

• I can find the area of rectangular figures using manipulatives. 

• Video Links

  • WCPSS: Whole Number Area Model

• Technology Links

  • Area Builder Explore 

  • Area Climber

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer 

Lesson 3: Making Connections

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3rd Grade Unpacking Document

• I can make connections between concrete models and multiplication/addition to find the area of rectangular figures. 

• Video Links

  • WCPSS: Whole Number Area Model

• Technology Links

  • Area Builder Explore 

  • Area Climber

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer 

Lesson 4: Mowing Lawns

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3rd Grade Unpacking Document

• I can determine the area of a rectangle using multiplication.

• I can explore the idea that rectangles can have the same area but different perimeters and vice versa.  

• Video Links

  • WCPSS: Whole Number Perimeter

• Technology Links

  • Area Builder Explore 

  • Area Climber

  • Perimeter Explorer

  • Shape Explorer

  • Perimeter Climber

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer 

Lesson 5:  Playground Design

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3rd Grade Unpacking Document

• I can decompose a rectangle into two smaller rectangles using manipulatives and drawings to find the area of each. 

• I can add the smaller areas to determine the area of the larger rectangle. 

• Technology Links

  • Perimeter Explorer

  • Shape Explorer

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer 

Lesson 6:  Classroom Makerspace

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3rd Grade Unpacking Document

• I can decompose a rectangle into two smaller rectangles using manipulatives and visual models to find the area of each. 

• I can add the smaller areas of a rectangle to determine the area of the larger rectangle. 

• Technology Links

  • Zoo Design Game

  • Perimeter Explorer

  • Shape Explorer

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer 

Lesson 7:  Robot Racing (Day 1 of 2)

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3rd Grade Unpacking Document

• I can find the perimeters of various polygons and determine the side lengths of polygons for a given perimeter. 

• I can explore and understand that rectangles can have the same perimeter but different areas. 

• Technology Links

  • Shape Explorer

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer 

Lesson 8:  Robot Racing (Day 2 of 2)

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3rd Grade Unpacking Document

• I can determine the area of rectangular figures and the perimeter of various polygons. 

• Technology Links

  • Shape Explorer

  • Perimeter Climber

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer 

Lesson 9:  Treehouses (Day 1 of 2)

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3rd Grade Unpacking Document

• I can apply my understanding of area and perimeter to create a blueprint for a treehouse. 

• Technology Links

  • Shape Explorer

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer 

Lesson 10:  Treehouses (Day 2 of 2)

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3rd Grade Unpacking Document

• I can apply my understanding of area and perimeter to create a blueprint for a treehouse. 

• Technology Links

  • Shape Explorer

• Virtual Manipulatives

  • Area/Perimeter Explorer