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Geometry Activity Bundle | Area, Surface Area, & Volume Activities for 6th Grade

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I used this in tutoring for a student who needed some support in previously taught skills. It was very useful and exactly what I needed.
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    Description

    This bundle includes 9 classroom activities to support area, surface area, and volume of rectangular prisms. The geometry problems include area of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids as well as the surface area and volume of cubes, rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, rectangular pyramids, and triangular pyramids.

    These hands-on and engaging activities are all easy to prep! Students are able to practice and apply concepts with these geometry activities, while collaborating and having fun! Math can be fun and interactive!

    Standards: CCSS (6.G.1, 6.G.2, 6.G.4) and TEKS (6.8B, 6.8C, 6.8D)

    More details on what is included:

    Nine hands-on activities that can be utilized in pairs or groups of 3-4. All activities include any necessary recording sheets and answer keys.

    • Area Lab: modeling area formulas
    • Solve and Color: area of triangles
    • Spin to Ten: area of quadrilaterals
    • Solve and Color: area of composite figures
    • Guess My Figure: 3D figures
    • Cut and Paste: surface area
    • Task Cards: volume of rectangular prisms
    • Performance Task: geometry
    • Scavenger Hunt: geometry unit review

    ***Please download a preview to see sample pages and more information.***

    How to use this resource:

    • Use as a whole group classroom activity
    • Use in a small group for additional remediation, tutoring, or enrichment
    • Use as an alternative homework or independent practice assignment
    • Incorporate within our Geometry Unit to support the mastery of concepts and skills.

    Time to Complete:

    • Most activities can be utilized within one class period. Performance tasks summarize the entire unit and may need 2-3 class periods. However, feel free to review the activities and select specific problems to meet your students’ needs and time specifications. There are multiple problems to practice the same concepts, so you can adjust as needed.

    Looking for instructional materials? 

    • Check out the corresponding Geometry Unit, which includes student handouts, independent practice, assessments, and answer keys.

    More 6th Grade Activity Bundles:

    Unit 1: Decimal Operations

    Unit 2: Fraction Operations

    Unit 3: Number System

    Unit 4: Ratios Unit

    Unit 5: Rates and Percents

    Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

    Unit 7: Expressions

    Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

    Unit 9: Geometry
    Unit 10: Statistics 

    More 6th Grade Units:

    Unit 1: Decimal Operations

    Unit 2: Fraction Operations

    Unit 3: Number System

    Unit 4: Ratios Unit

    Unit 5: Rates and Percents

    Unit 6: Coordinate Plane

    Unit 7: Expressions

    Unit 8: Equations and Inequalities

    Unit 9: Geometry
    Unit 10: Statistics 

    Looking for more helpful teaching tips, ideas, and support? Check out Maneuveringthemiddle.com and join our online FB community MTM VIPS! 

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    Licensing: 

    This file is a license for ONE teacher and their students. Please purchase the appropriate number of licenses if you plan to use this resource with your team. Thank you!

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    Standards

    to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
    Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
    Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge lengths, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas 𝘝 = 𝘭 𝘸 𝘩 and 𝘝 = 𝘣 𝘩 to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
    Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.

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