Unit 1
Student Learning Targets

Accelerated 6
Section AReasoning to Find Area
Finding Area by Decomposing and Rearranging
I can explain how to find the area of a figure that is composed of other shapes.
I know how to find the area of a figure by decomposing it and rearranging the parts.
I know what it means for two figures to have the same area.
Section BParallelograms
Parallelograms
I can use reasoning strategies and what I know about the area of a rectangle to find the area of a parallelogram.
I know how to describe the characteristics of a parallelogram using mathematical vocabulary.
From Parallelograms to Triangles
Section CTriangles and Other Polygons
Formula for the Area of a Triangle
I can use the area formula to find the area of any triangle.
I can write and explain the formula for the area of a triangle.
I know what the terms “base” and “height” refer to in a triangle.
Polygons
I can describe the characteristics of a polygon using mathematical vocabulary.
I can reason about the area of any polygon by decomposing and rearranging it, and by using what I know about rectangles and triangles.
Section DSurface Area
Section ELet’s Put It to Work