Dec6-10

Standard 3.2.4 - The student ▲ knows and uses perimeter and area formulas for circles, squares, rectangles, **triangles**, and parallelograms. Opening Activity: Complete 11-1 5 Minute Check
 * Monday - 11-2 Area of Triangles **

**What You'll Learn:** To find the area of triangles.

**What you'll do:** > ** Tuesday - 11-2 Perimeter and Area of Triangles ** Standard 3.2.4 - The student ▲ knows and uses perimeter and area formulas for circles, squares, rectangles, **triangles**, and parallelograms. Opening Activity: Get a computer and go to aamath and complete: [|5 Area of squares] [|5 Area of rectangles] [|5 Area of parallelograms] [|5 Area of triangles.]
 * Discuss the area formula of triangles
 * Practice finding the area of triangles.
 * Assignment: Practice 11-2
 * Marzano Strategy: Summarize and take notes

**What You'll Learn:** To find perimeter and area of triangles

**What you'll do:** ** Wednesday - Circumference of Circles - Discovering the Mystery Ratio ** Standard 3.2.4 - The student ▲ knows and uses perimeter and area formulas for **circles**, squares, rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms. Opening Activity: Complete 11-2 5 Minute Check
 * Discuss finding perimeter of triangles.
 * Review how to find area of triangles.
 * Practice finding perimeter and area of triangles using cooperative learning strategy "pairs check". (Pre-Alg with Pizzazz, pg 150, What are the two favorite letters of children?"
 * Assignment: D-56 "What happens when the smog lifts in Los Angeles, CA?"
 * Marzano Strategy: Reinforce efforts and provide recognition

**What You'll Learn:** Discover the Mystery Ratio

**What you'll do:** Complete the activity to discovery the mystery ratio
 * [|Lesson Plan]

> ** Thursday - 11-3 Circles and Circumference ** Standard 3.2.4 - The student ▲ knows and uses perimeter and area formulas for circles, squares, rectangles, **triangles**, and parallelograms. Opening Activity: Answer the following questions with the partner you worked with yesterday.
 * [|Measuring Circles] Resource
 * Complete the [|Chart].
 * Assignment: Use your chart to answer the questions.[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32"]]
 * Marzano Strategy: Identify similarities and differences

1. What is the circumference divided by the diameter called? There is a special name for it. (Think Greek!) 2. Get a computer and find the answer to #1 to as many decimal places as you can. 3. Using the computer, find the most common approximations for the answer to #1. (You should find more than one.)

**What You'll Learn:** To find the circumference of circles.

**What you'll do:** ** Friday - 11-4 Area of Circles ** Standard 3.2.4 - The student ▲ knows and uses perimeter and area formulas for circles, squares, rectangles, **triangles**, and parallelograms. Opening Activity: Complete 10 [|Circumference of Circles] at aaamath.
 * Discuss circumference of circles using the ppt.
 * Assignment: 11-3 Practice
 * Marzano Strategy: Summarize and take notes

**What You'll Learn:** To find the area of circles

**What you'll do:**
 * Discuss Area of Circles using ppt.
 * Assignment: Complete 15 or more [|Area of circles] at aaamath.
 * Marzano Strategy: Recognize similarities and differences