Intro to Area Lesson Plan: Measurement and Data

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Intro to Area, and supports the standard of applying the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world and mathematical problems. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.

Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Display an image of an empty room, like this one:

Ask students:

• How might you figure out how much space you have for furniture? 

Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE

• Read the description on the Intro to Area topic page.
• Play the Movie, pausing to check for understanding.
  

Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS 

Assign Intro to Area Challenge and Quiz, prompting students to apply essential literacy skills while demonstrating what they learned about this topic.

Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND

Students express what they learned about finding area while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student needs.

• Make-a-Movie: Produce a home makeover show where you explain how to calculate the area of a room to redesign. 
• Make-a-Map: Create a concept map showing two different ways to find the area of a shape made of multiple rectangles.
• Creative Coding: Code a math problem involving finding the area of a rectangular shape. Challenge a classmate to solve. 

More to Explore 

Area Builder Game: Create shapes using colorful blocks and explore the perimeter and area.

Teacher Support Resources:

• Pause Point Overview: Video tutorial showing how Pause Points actively engage students to stop, think, and express ideas. 
• Learning Activities Modifications: Strategies to meet ELL and other instructional and student needs.
• Learning Activities Support: Resources for best practices using BrainPOP.