6.1 Practice Day 1

In this Practice Day, students practice what they’ve learned so far in this unit.

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. (Lesson 2) • Generalize how to calculate the area of a parallelogram using the length of a base and the corresponding height. (Lesson 3) • Identify at least one base and its corresponding height for a parallelogram off of a grid. (Lesson 4) • Calculate the area of a parallelogram, the length of a base, or a height given the other two measurements. (Lesson 4) • Generalize how to calculate the area of a triangle using the length of a base and the corresponding height. (Lesson 6) • Calculate the area of a triangle off of a grid. (Lesson 7) • Calculate the area of a polygon by decomposing or surrounding and subtracting, and explain your strategy. (Lesson 8)