Apprentice Teaching
Lesson Plan Summary Template
April 2nd – April 6th (6th Grade)
Monday Tuesday
Today we will derive the area of
a triangle formula and use it to
find the area of triangles
P Do Now, HW, PARCC Practice
Prompt
L Explore: Students find the area
of an index card, and then use
A what they know about the area
Unit Test of a rectangle, and what they
Learning
observe about the triangles
Activity
they create to derive the area of
a triangle formula.
Explain: Discussion on findings
and guided practice
Elaborate: Practice Problems.
Wednesday
Objective(s):
Today we will use the area of a
triangle formula to find the area
of all types of triangles
Do Now, HW, PARCC Practice
Explore: Students work with
tables to try to figure out how
to use the formula to find the
area of a non-right triangle
Explain: Students have a class
discussion about how they
approached and solved the
problem. We summarize their
methods as a class and do
another practice problem.
Elaborate: Practice Problems
Thursday Friday
Objective(s):
Today we will
decompose polygons
into known shapes to
find their area
Do Now, HW, PARCC
Practice
Explore: Students are
presented with irregular
polygon and are told
ST Math that the goal for the day
is to figure out how to
find the area of it. As a
class students make a
list of what they see,
and what they already
know about the area of
regular polygons.
Students then work in
groups to use what they
know to break apart the
problem.
Explain: Students have a
class discussion about
how they approached
and solved the problem.
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We summarize their
methods as a class and
do another practice
problem.
Elaborate: Practice
Problems

N Evaluate/Summary Evaluate/Summary Evaluate/Summary

eNding Exit Ticket Exit Ticket Exit Ticket

Resource Requirements Resource Requirements Resource Requirements

Resources:

Index cards

Wed Explore wkst: https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/2810049/think-about-it-pdf?from=section_resources_title

Mon 4/12 – Polygons cont – students use tangrams to create their own irregular polygons and then find the area.

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