Pre Assessment

Lesson Plan:

Objective: The students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of area with specific shapes when
prompted.

Materials:
Construction paper
Graph paper
Scissors
Glue/Tape

Warm up activity: Decorate a manila folder with your name on it and pictures of things that represent
you. Be prepared to introduce yourself and share what you drew.

1. Robot Ralph:
● Give the students graph paper and the area for each part of the robot body.
● Allow students to draw out the robot. Point out how although their robots may look different, they
still hold the same area.
● Have them calculate the total area of the robot.
● Ask, “What does it mean to find the area?

My name is Robot Ralph

My body is ____42______ square units.
My head is ____16_____ square units.
Each leg is ____10______ square units.
Each arm is ____4______ square units.

2. - 7. Give students a worksheet with pictures of various shapes. Ask them to draw where the base and
height of each shape is.
8. Show the students various area formulas and ask if they can describe what each part means.
9. Record student’s answers to the question, “Why is area important for you to know?”
Data - Item Analysis

Pre Assessment H J H C R C

1. What is area? X X X X X

2. Base: Quadrilateral

Rhombus X X X X

Trapezoid X X X X X

Rectangle X X X X X

3. Height: Quadrilateral

Rhombus X X X

Trapezoid X X X

Rectangle X X X X X

4. Base: Triangle

Right Triangle X X X X X

Isosceles Triangle X X X X X

5. Height: Triangle

Right Triangle X X X X X X

Isosceles Triangle X X

6. Base: Polygon

Hexagon X X X X X

Octagon X X X X

Dodecagon X X X X

7. Height: Polygon

Hexagon X X X X

Octagon X X X X

Dodecagon X X X X

8. Parts of an area formula.

A = Area X X X X X
 B = Base X X X X X

H = Height X X X X X

Triangle Area Formula X X X X X

Trapezoid Area Formula X

Rectangle Area Formula X X X X X X

Polygon Area Formula

9. Why is area important for you to X

know?

Graph

Work Samples
Robot Ralph:
C, C, H
H, J, R
Formulas:
C, C
H, H
J, R
 Post Assessment:

Objective: The students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge they gained of area with specific
shapes when prompted.

Overall Common Core State Standard Being Assessed:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.G.A.1
Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into
rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of
solving real-world and mathematical problems.

Materials:
● Paper with shapes on them
● Pencils/markers
● Computer with tessellation program

Outline:
● Give students a group of paper with various shapes on it. Have them record how to find the area
for each one and write/draw a real-life application to go with each shape. In addition to this, have
them calculate the area of each shape.
● Create a tessellation using the shapes discussed. Use the following site to create them:
https://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3533
○ Have students work on this for five minutes and rotate the computer while they work.
This way everyone has a chance at using it, but can still get the post assessment done.

Back-up Plan: If students finish early, have them create another tessellation. If more than one student is
done, have them create it together.

Data Collected
Post Assessment H J H C R C

1. What is area? X X X - X X

2. Base: Quadrilateral

Rhombus X X X X X

Trapezoid X X X X

Rectangle X X X X X

3. Height: Quadrilateral

Rhombus X X X X X
 Trapezoid X X X X

Rectangle X X X X X

4. Base: Triangle

Right Triangle X X X X X

Isosceles Triangle X X X X

5. Height: Triangle

Right Triangle X X X X X

Isosceles Triangle X X X X

6. Base: Polygon

Hexagon X X X X X

Octagon X X X X

Dodecagon X X X

7. Height: Polygon

Hexagon X X X

Octagon X X X

Dodecagon X X X

8. Parts of an area formula.

A = Area X X X X X

B = Base X X X X X

H = Height X X X X X

Triangle Area Formula X X X X

Trapezoid Area Formula X X

Rectangle Area Formula X X X X

Polygon Area Formula X X X X X

9. Why is area important for you to X X X X X

know?
When asked question 9 verbally, these were the responses given:
H: It is used for flooring.
J: To know the area of different objects.
H: Used for carpet and for nuts and bolts.
R: Carpeting and to know how much stuff you can put everywhere.
C: I don’t know.

Graph

Reflection
I was not able to attend/ teach for the post assessment due to prior church commitments.
Kimmy sent me all of the data collected this day. We were able to plan the post assessment lesson
in a way that would engage the students and help them enjoy doing geometry. We took what we
had observed and learned from every teaching opportunity and applied it to this lesson.

Work Samples