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6-8 Accelerated 6 Unit 1

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Unit 1

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Accelerated 6

Section AReasoning to Find Area

1

Tiling the Plane

I can explain the meaning of "area."

2

Finding Area by Decomposing and Rearranging

I can explain how to find the area of a figure that is composed of other shapes.
I know how to find the area of a figure by decomposing it and rearranging the parts.
I know what it means for two figures to have the same area.

3

Reasoning to Find Area

I can use different reasoning strategies to find the area of shapes.

Section BParallelograms

Section CTriangles and Other Polygons

Section DSurface Area

Section ELet’s Put It to Work

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4

Parallelograms

I can use reasoning strategies and what I know about the area of a rectangle to find the area of a parallelogram.
I know how to describe the characteristics of a parallelogram using mathematical vocabulary.

5

Area of Parallelograms

I can use the area formula to find the area of any parallelogram.
I know what the terms "base" and "height" refer to in a parallelogram.

6

From Parallelograms to Triangles

I can explain the special relationship between a pair of identical triangles and a parallelogram.

7

Area of Triangles

I can use what I know about parallelograms to reason about the area of triangles.

8

Formula for the Area of a Triangle

I can use the area formula to find the area of any triangle.
I can write and explain the formula for the area of a triangle.
I know what the terms “base” and “height” refer to in a triangle.

9

Polygons

I can describe the characteristics of a polygon using mathematical vocabulary.
I can reason about the area of any polygon by decomposing and rearranging it, and by using what I know about rectangles and triangles.

10

What Is Surface Area?

I know what the surface area of a three-dimensional object means.

11

Polyhedra and Nets

I can describe the features of a polyhedron using mathematical vocabulary.
I understand the relationship between a polyhedron and its net.
When given a net of a prism or a pyramid, I can calculate its surface area.

12

More Nets, More Surface Area

I can calculate the surface area of prisms and pyramids.
I can draw the nets of prisms and pyramids.

13

All about Tents

I can apply what I know about the area of polygons to find the surface area of three-dimensional objects.
I can use surface area to reason about real-world objects.