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    Rectangles Lesson Plan

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    This lesson plan aims to teach students about calculating the area of rectangles. It begins with reviewing perimeter and introducing area as a measure of space inside a shape. Students will count squares to find the area of simple rectangles, then learn to calculate area by multiplying length by width. More advanced students may derive the area formula. Activities include examples of calculating area, finding maximum perimeter for a given area, and extensions involving decimals or compound shapes. Differentiation is provided for less able students who may benefit from visualizing squares or using graph paper.

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    This lesson plan aims to teach students about calculating the area of rectangles. It begins with reviewing perimeter and introducing area as a measure of space inside a shape. Students will count squares to find the area of simple rectangles, then learn to calculate area by multiplying length by width. More advanced students may derive the area formula. Activities include examples of calculating area, finding maximum perimeter for a given area, and extensions involving decimals or compound shapes. Differentiation is provided for less able students who may benefit from visualizing squares or using graph paper.

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    This lesson plan aims to teach students about calculating the area of rectangles. It begins with reviewing perimeter and introducing area as a measure of space inside a shape. Students will count squares to find the area of simple rectangles, then learn to calculate area by multiplying length by width. More advanced students may derive the area formula. Activities include examples of calculating area, finding maximum perimeter for a given area, and extensions involving decimals or compound shapes. Differentiation is provided for less able students who may benefit from visualizing squares or using graph paper.

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    Rectangles Lesson Plan

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    Jonathan Robinson
    This lesson plan aims to teach students about calculating the area of rectangles. It begins with reviewing perimeter and introducing area as a measure of space inside a shape. Students will count squares to find the area of simple rectangles, then learn to calculate area by multiplying length by width. More advanced students may derive the area formula. Activities include examples of calculating area, finding maximum perimeter for a given area, and extensions involving decimals or compound shapes. Differentiation is provided for less able students who may benefit from visualizing squares or using graph paper.

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    Lesson Planning Sheet Title: Area of Rectangles Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson: All students should

    d be able to determine the area of a rectangle by counting the squares inside. Most students should be able to calculate the area of a rectangle by multiplying the length by the width Some students should be able to derive the formula for the area of a rectangle. Key words: Area, Space Inside, Length, Width, Formula, Perimeter Learning Activities Starter/Introduction Students recap calculating the perimeter of shapes as a way of comparing their size and dimensions. Emphasise that Perimeter is a measure of the length around the edge. Hence, it is measured in mm, cm, m, and km metric units. Students will need to realise that in order to compare the perimeters the dimensions of each shape need to be common. Development Explain that a shape can be measured not only the distance around its edge but also the spaced contained in the face; this is called area and is measured in square units. The class should intuitively count the squares inside the first two rectangles to determine its area. Use these examples to explain how a short multiplication involving the length and width and be used instead of counting all the squares inside. The remaining questions on the first slide build up to consolidating the need for this concept. Pose the final two questions for the students to attempt on mini-whiteboards to assess their progress. The students could work through the problems on the third slide independently. It is important that the rectangles are sketched freehand in exercise books with a pencil so that the concept of area is established rather than students simply calculating the product of two numbers. Plenary To consolidate the concept of a rectangle having both a perimeter and area students could try to create a rectangle with a fixed area of 36cm2 but with variable lengths. The aim is to find the maximum (and/or minimum) perimeter possible given the fixed area. For each attempt the students should sketch the rectangle so that the visual image of how stretching out one side increases the overall perimeter. As an extension to this students could consider decimal lengths so that the perimeter becomes infinite. Differentiation More able: Students could look at calculating the area of compound rectilinear shapes. Investigating the minimum and maximum perimeters given a fixed area of vice-a-versa further consolidates the concept. Less Able Students could count determine the area of the rectangles by sketching in the squares when given the dimensions so that a visual image of the number of squares inside the face is more apparent. It may be beneficial for students to work on cm square paper. Resources: Pencils Mini-whiteboards YouTube Video

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