Area: Add or Multiply?

This lesson is designed to encouage students to make connections to their prior knowledge of multiplying using rectangular arrays to finding the area of rectangles by multiplying the side lengths. Students will be led to "discover" the formula for finding area.
Resource ID#: 73707 Type: Lesson Plan
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 3
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Document Camera, Computer for Presenter, Interactive Whiteboard, LCD Projector
Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s)
Keywords: area, repeated addition, multiplication, rectangular arrays, conceptual area, multiplying side lengths, area formula
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan
Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Mathematics General

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