Grade 5 Math lesson plan: Volume of rectangular prisms
Topic: Volume of rectangular prisms with unit cubes and V = l x w x h (5.MD.C.5). Adjust the settings, then copy the prompt.
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Prerequisite skills to check: multiplying whole numbers fluently (5.NBT.B.5); finding the area of a rectangle by multiplying side lengths (3.MD.C.7); recognizing volume as an attribute of solid figures measured in unit cubes (5.MD.C.3-4).
Key vocabulary: volume, unit cube, cubic unit, rectangular prism, base, height, length, width, edge.
Warm-up idea: Hold up two cereal boxes with different shapes and ask which holds more. Let students guess, then fill a small box with centimeter cubes one layer at a time and count the layers.
Exit ticket idea: Students find the volume of a 4 x 3 x 5 prism two ways (layers of the base times the height, and l x w x h), then find the total volume of an L-shaped figure made of two prisms and explain where they split it.
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