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West Contra Costa Usd: Volume: A Foundation in Unit Cubes [Pdf]

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A very detailed lesson on determining the volume of rectangular prisms, teaching students how to derive the formula for volume, and to use it successfully. Plenty of examples, student work, and assessment options.

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CCSS: Adaptable
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decompose prism, lxwxh, right prism, right rectangular prism, unit cubes, volume of non-overlapping prisms, volume of solid prism, 5.md.3, 5.md.4, 5.md.5, apply the formulas v = l xw x h and v = b x h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengths, ccss.math.content.5.md.c.5.a find the volume of a right rectangular prism with whole-number side lengths by packing it with unit cubes, ccss.math.content.5.md.c.5.b, ccss.math.content.6.g.a.2, west contra costa usd: volume: a foundation in unit cubes, rectangular prism, show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths, equivalently by multiplying the height by the area of the base
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional