Dover Sherborn Middle School Curriculum Road Maps
Course Title: 7th
Grade Math Grade: 7
Unit: Area and
Volume
Month Presented: March
and April Unit
Length (in weeks): 8
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Essential Question
(s):
- What is the difference between area and volume?
- What is the difference between volume and surface
area?
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Learning Objectives:
- To develop and
understand the formulas for area, volume and surface area.
- To understand and apply
the meaning of mass and density.
- To identify
polygons and find their perimeters.
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Skills:
- Find areas of
triangles, quadrilaterals, and circles.
- Finds areas
using symmetry.
- Find volume of
prisms and cylinders.
- Find surface area
of prisms and cylinders.
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Instructional
Strategies & Activities:
- Note taking
- Games
- Independent
Exploration
- Reflection and
Self-assessment
- Solution
Sharing
- Student-Led
instruction
- Independent
Practice
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Materials Utilized:
- Textbook
- Teacher generated
materials
- Calculators
- Manipulatives
- Technology
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Assessment
Strategies:
- Discussion
- Daily class
performance
- Openers/warm-ups
- Tests and
quizzes
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