Mini-Lesson Plan Grade Level: Standard
Mini-Lesson Plan Grade Level: Standard
Mini-Lesson Plan Grade Level: Standard
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Part B
What is the area of the figure shown above?
Show your work.
Connection: In previous grades you learned about the Materials
areas of basic shapes and polygons. ● XY Pegboards
Teaching Point/Purpose: In today’s lesson you will learn ● Area of Irregular Figures Hands On Task
how to find the perimeter and area of composite figures.. ● Skills Practice: Area of Composite Figures
● Homework Practice: Area of Composite
Figures
● Problem Solving: Area of Composite
Figures
Mastery Reteach:
Warm Up:
Directions:
Today you will learn about the area of composite shapes. A composite shape is a combination of simple shapes. So
in today’s lesson we are going to find the area of these composite shapes. To do so we are going to use a peg board
to help us break the problems down.
Teaching:
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After students create the shape, ask students to estimate the area by counting the pegs. Then ask the students the
following question once they have made an estimate:
So how could we use this information to help us solve the area for the composite shape?
Student: What about if we combine the areas of each shape?Could that work? We could find the area of the two
triangles and a rectangle and add them up.
That’s right we could do that, but let’s review the area formulas.
Put these on the board
A= LxW (rectangles and Squares)
A= (b*h) / 2 (Triangles)
Once students have calculated the area of the composite shape hand them the formative assessment.
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Remediation:
Independent Practice:
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Formative Assessment:
How did you show persistence when you solved this problem? Use the vocabulary on the anchor chart to
write your response
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Strategies:
Active Engagement: The teacher will notice what students do with new learning as they….
Students could
1. Continue the work on the next part of the demonstration text
2. Transfer what they have learned to do to another class text
3. Transfer what they have learned to their own writing/reading
4. Act as researchers, naming what you have done in the demonstration
5. Find and mark a place in their own writing where they could do the work of the demonstration