Student Teacher_____Kaitlin DiMarsico_____________ Class____________Math___11.

5__________
Date______5/8__________ Time_________________ Co-op_______Stephanie Fox_________
Standard
!.MD." Sol#e pro$lems in#ol#in% measurement and con#ersion o& measurements &rom a lar%er unit to a
smaller unit.
S'()T
Find the area o& the $ase and sur&ace area o& a rectan%ular prism
Count u nit cu$es and use a &ormula to &ind the #olume o& a rectan%ular prism.
Sol#e pro$lems in#ol#in% spatial #isuali*ation.
Descri$e a rule &or a pattern and use the rule to sol#e pro$lems
'rite num$er models +ith parentheses.
Materials
Math ,ournals Stud- .in/ 11-!
Centimeter cu$es Centimeter 0uler Slate
1ntro
Mental Math- addition- 123!4 "53184 55"3"6
Math Messa%e- complete 7ournal p. 568
8rocedures
0e#ie+ the ans+er. Discuss the use o& #aria$les to stand &or 9uantities such as len%th and +idth. 8p. "::-
":1 in math 7ournal students need to &ind the num$er o& cu$es needed to completel- &ill each $ox and
record the results in the ta$le on p. "::. Fill in the column &or (ox 1 +ith the class. ;a#e students
complete the rest +ith a partner.
0emind students that %eometric solids that are on the pa%e are rectan%ular prisms. 0e#ie+ the properties
o& it4 &aces4 ed%es4 corners. )llo+ students 1: to 15 minutes to complete the 7ournal pa%es4 then dra+ a
rectan%ular prism on the $oard and la$el the $ase and the hei%ht. )s/ students to loo/ &or a pattern in the
ta$le on p. "::. Then call students< attention to the &ollo+in% relationships the num$er o& cu$es needed
to co#er the $ottom o& the $ox is the same as the num$er o& s9uares needed to co#er the $ase4 +hich is
the area o& the $ase o& the $ox. The num$er o& cu$es in the tallest stac/ is the same as the hei%ht o& the
$ox. There&ore4 -ou can &ind the #olume o& a rectan%ular prism $- multipl-in% the area o& a $ase $- the
hei%ht o& the prism. =olume> areas o& $ase ? hei%ht. ;a#e students record the &ormula at the $ottom o& p.
":1.
8. ":5 students &ind the #olume o& stac/s o& centimeter cu$es and calculate the #olume o& rectan%ular
prisms. )s/ students to explain their strate%ies.
Closure
)ssi%n Math (oxes 11-5 indi#iduall-
;ome+or/ Stud- .in/ 11-5
)ccommodations
@uic/ &inishers +ill +rite their ans+ers do+n on their slates and proceed to the next 9uestion.
Distracted learners +ill ha#e a close proximit- to me.
)ssessment
Math (oxes 11-5
Stud- .in/ 11-5