Lesson Plan: Calculating Area of Rectangles Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to calculate the area of a rectangle given its length and width.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- describe the difference between perimeter and area,
- calculate the area of a rectangle given the length and width,
- find possible side lengths to create a specified area within a rectangle.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- finding the areas of shapes using unit grids,
- multiplication facts up to .
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- using a formula to calculate area.