Letters

Students build on the informal work they did in Lesson 1 to develop and name strategies for calculating the area of more complex shapes. Note: A paper version of this lesson is also available.

By Desmos Classroom

Learning goals: Learning Goals • Determine the area of a shape using a variety of strategies, such as counting whole and partial tiles, decomposing and rearranging, and surrounding and subtracting. • Recognize that decomposing a shape and rearranging without overlaps creates a shape with the same area.