Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Overlapping Rectangles
The purpose of this task is to give students an opportunity to compose and decompose polygons to make rectangles. The students will be shown a picture and are asked to count how many rectangles they see. Explanations and examples are...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 3.md Finding the Area of Polygons
The purpose of this instructional task is for students to find the area of figures that can be decomposed and then recomposed into rectangles. Aligns with 3.MD.C.6. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.d Recognize area as additive.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Partitioning Rectangles and Squares
This site provides six practice activities to learn how to partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Compare Area and Perimeter
Compare the areas and perimeters of rectangles when given a context or picture. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Geometry 7.g.1 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Peep Peep
Students will take a virtual tour of a Peep Candy factory. Students will observe the way Peeps are packed in rectangle shaped arrays, 2 rows of 5.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Finding the Area Review and Assessment
Sixth graders find the area of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids by using formulas or by composing into rectangles or triangles.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Igd: Area of a Parallelogram
This applet will show you how to divide the parallelogram into pieces, arrange them together to form a rectangle, and then use the formula for the area of a rectangle to find the area of the parallelogram.
Geometry Help
Geometry Help: Perimeter of Geometric Shapes
Explains the basic concept of the perimeter of geometric shapes with step-by-step instructions and methods for solving specific problems on your own relating to this topic.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Remarkable Rectangles
Rectangle is SO MUCH like triangle! Those darned angles--they'll get beginning learners! This is a fun way to practice rectangle!
OER Commons
Oer Commons: Diagonals of a Rhombus
In this instructional activity, young scholars learn how the diagonals of a rhombus are related. They use interactive sketches to learn about the properties of the angles and diagonals of squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms,...
Quia
Ixl Learning: Perimeter
Brush up on your math skills relating to perimeter then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Types of Quadrilaterals
Brush up on your math skills relating to the types of quadrilaterals then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Area of Rhombuses
Brush up on your math skills relating to the area of rhombuses then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vid: Scaling Up Rectangles
Watch a student think through a problem about how the area of a rectangle changes when both sides are increased by the same scale factor and use online tools to demonstrate understanding of concepts related to area and scale factors in...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: Area
On this interactive site students learn to calculate the area of a rectangle and to use the correct notation.
Quia
Quia: Geometric Terms Concentration
Do you need practice remembering or learning different geometry vocabulary words and definitions? This concentration game is the web site for you! There is a link to a list of terms with definitions you can click if you want to see if...
Quia
Quia: Geometric Terms Word Search
Do you need practice remembering or learning different geometry vocabulary words and definitions? This word search is the web site for you! There is a link to a list of terms with definitions you can click if you want to see if you are...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Architecture: Community Geometry
Identify architectural structures and objects in the community that represent different figures and types of geometry and mathematics.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Rectangles: Lesson 4
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a rectangle in a coordinate plane. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Coordinate...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Shapes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed for an early childhood classroom and focuses on circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. Opportunities provided for student participation include drawing plane shapes,...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Rectangles
Find a quick, concise explanation of rectangles. An example is given and clearly explained.