Week+of+November+10,+2008

Day 4 (Monday): Lesson 2.4 continued

Review rows and columns (rows like in a movie theater, columns hold up a building) and show them how to use their pencil to count them in a rectangle.

Talk about equations for each rectangle: 5 + 5, or 4 +4 +4. (demonstrate multiplication equations)

1. Make more rectangles, using new worksheet and including equations. 2. Do rectangle riddles.

End with little rectangle quiz: show rectangles and students write area, rows, and columns.

Day 5 (Wednesday): Lesson 2.5 – 2.6

Teach Rectangles on the Geoboard and How Many Rectangles? in half groups, and switch halfway through?

For Rectangles on the Geoboard, review right angles, and have them test their angles with color tiles.

Day 6 (Thursday): Lesson 2.7

Same choices as day before; review how to count rows and columns and area; talk about how you can't have 0 rows or 0 columns

Day 7 (Friday)

Rectangle quiz [|practicequiz.doc] Finish How Many Rectangles.