5E Geometry Lesson Plan: Grades PreK-12

This 5E geometry lesson plan helps teachers plan a lesson on volume and rectangular prisms for grades PreK-12. The plan includes objectives, alignment to standards, materials, procedures, and references. Students will learn how to identify shapes and work out volumes of rectangular prisms using V=L*B*H or V= Base Area*Height.

MAED 5355 Conceptual Geometry
5E Geometry Lesson Plan: Grades preK-12
Submit by 11:59 p.m. Sunday of Module 6.
Name, grade level,
and subject taught:
Name;
Grade Level;
Content;
Date:
Overview
During this course, you are expected to write a lesson plan (PreK to Grade 12).
This assignment will help you to be familiar with what geometry contents can be taught at each
grade level. Thoroughly examine geometry standards of NCTM/Common Core and State
standards for geometry to plan your lesson.
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Lesson Plan.
Components Your Work
Background
Information -1pt
 Grade level
 Topic
Name:
Grade Level: 4th Grade
Topic: Volume and Rectangular Prisms
Objectives and
Alignment to
Standards (NCTM,
Common Core, and
State) -3pts
Students should be able to identify shapes and work out volumes of
the rectangular prisms using V=L*B*H or V= Base Area*Height
Students to be able to define the volume and know the unit for
measuring volumes.
Students should be able to find the area of a right angled triangles,
other types of triangles, quadrilateral objects and models, and
polygons by creating rectangles or decomposing into triangles and
other shapes; apply the learnt techniques in solving real-world and
other mathematical problems.
Materials-1pt
(Not HOW to make it,
just what you need for
the activity)
Modelling Rectangular Prisms worksheet
Base-ten block cubes
Document projector
Shape cuts from construction papers.
Procedures
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Engage-3pts
 Show your students a handful of base ten cubes and inquire
from your students the kind of container that can be filled
using the base ten cubes without leaving a space. Allow them
to discuss and tell to one another the answer.
 Allow your students to share their ideas with the entire class
 Show up your class a projected image of the base ten cubes
and describe its features using the labels such as Length (side
to side), Base (depth, front to back) and Height (how tall it is
from to bottom).
Explore-3pts
 Inform your students that they will construct and build a real
model of a rectangular prism using the cube units and shapes
from the construction paper.
 Demonstrate to the class how a ten cube volume unit
rectangular prism is constructed using the unit cubes
 Also show your class how the SI unit of Volume is written for
example for a one-unit cube, the volume will be u3
 Finally have your class build a model of a 36u3. Note that to
build this, the unit cubes are counted on the Length (6 units),
Base (6 Units) and Height (6units).
V= L*B*H;
V=6units*6units*6units = 36u3
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Explain-3pts
 Explain to your students what constitutes Volume (The space
taken up by matter)
 Finally, explain to your students that the Volume of the base
ten cube is calculated by Multiplying length
(l)*base*height(h)
 Illustrate using symbols the denotations of Volume, for
instance, V= L*B*H or V=BA*H
Elaborate -3pts
 After the exercise, hand out to the class the model of a
rectangular prism and preview it with your students.
 Involve your students in working together with an example
with your students.
 Explain and elaborate any questions the class may be having
concerning the exercise. Be keen to follow up with the
students if they understand the concerns of their colleagues.
Evaluate -3pts  Each student has finally made a model of the rectangular
prism and already knows how to calculate the volume of the
rectangular prism.
 Give the students some support with further illustrations of
their models and take into consideration any different views a
student has.
 Also, show your students different rectangular prisms models
and randomly ask your class to tell you the volumes and
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briefly explain how they arrived at their answers.
References;
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Delcomb, B. (2017). Lesson Plan: Volume and Rectangular Prism. Retrieved April 21, 2018,
from https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/volume-
and-rectangular-prisms/
Hall, N. (2016). Lesson Plan: Geometric Ideas. Retrieved April 21, 2018, from
https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/geometric-
ideas/
Mark, P. (2018). Squarea Geometry Project- Area, Volume, and Surface Area. Retrieved April
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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Squarea-
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Zimmer, K. (2018). CCSS 6th Grade Mathematics: Unit 4: GEOMETRY. Retrieved April 21,
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