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This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students can:
Students are presented three statements about area and shapes and are asked to decide if the statements are always, sometimes, or never true.
This lesson involves a range of mathematical practices from the standards, with emphasis on:
This lesson involves mathematical content in the standards from across the grades, with emphasis on the following Domain.Cluster:
Students will need to be familiar with the concepts of area and perimeter. This activity will help consolidate understanding, and overcome common misconceptions such as the notion that perimeter and area are in some way related.
The unit is structured in the following way: