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    1. This two-day math lesson teaches students about squares and square roots. Students will draw squares, subdivide them into triangles and smaller squares to calculate area, and estimate and calculate square roots of whole numbers. 2. Activities include drawing 14 squares and finding their areas and side lengths, noticing the pattern in perfect squares, and estimating square roots by "framing" numbers between two perfect squares. 3. Formative assessments involve having students draw squares with given areas and subdivide them, as well as estimating square roots using the framing method.

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    1. This two-day math lesson teaches students about squares and square roots. Students will draw squares, subdivide them into triangles and smaller squares to calculate area, and estimate and calculate square roots of whole numbers. 2. Activities include drawing 14 squares and finding their areas and side lengths, noticing the pattern in perfect squares, and estimating square roots by "framing" numbers between two perfect squares. 3. Formative assessments involve having students draw squares with given areas and subdivide them, as well as estimating square roots using the framing method.

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    1. This two-day math lesson teaches students about squares and square roots. Students will draw squares, subdivide them into triangles and smaller squares to calculate area, and estimate and calculate square roots of whole numbers. 2. Activities include drawing 14 squares and finding their areas and side lengths, noticing the pattern in perfect squares, and estimating square roots by "framing" numbers between two perfect squares. 3. Formative assessments involve having students draw squares with given areas and subdivide them, as well as estimating square roots using the framing method.

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    Gr8Squares SquareRoots

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    1. This two-day math lesson teaches students about squares and square roots. Students will draw squares, subdivide them into triangles and smaller squares to calculate area, and estimate and calculate square roots of whole numbers. 2. Activities include drawing 14 squares and finding their areas and side lengths, noticing the pattern in perfect squares, and estimating square roots by "framing" numbers between two perfect squares. 3. Formative assessments involve having students draw squares with given areas and subdivide them, as well as estimating square roots using the framing method.

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    Grade 8 Mathematics: Lesson Plan Unit 1

    Lesson Title Exploring Squares and Square Roots


    Connecticut GLEs 2.1.2 Identify perfect squares and their square roots; e.g., squares 1, 4, 9, 16 to
    corresponding roots 1, 2, 3, 4 ; and use these relationships to estimate other square
    roots.

    2.2.6 Calculate the square roots of positive integers using technology.


    Lesson Objectives in 1. I can find the area of various squares by dividing each square into smaller squares
    Language Students and right triangles.
    2. I can estimate and calculate the square root of a whole number.
    Will Understand 3. I can describe a pattern to the sequence formed by perfect squares.

    Description of 1. Using centimeter dot paper, graph paper or Geometers Sketchpad, have
    Learning Tasks/ students draw or provide them with the 14 squares on the attached page. See
    adaptations below if students are to draw the squares themselves.
    Activities 2. By subdividing the squares into a combination of smaller squares and right
    triangles, students calculate the area of each square.
    3. Explain that since the area of a square is equal to a side squared, the length of
    one side is equal to the square root of the area. Discuss this concept thoroughly.
    4. Using a centimeter ruler, measure (to the nearest tenth of a centimeter) a side
    for each square. If you have access to Geometers Sketchpad, measure each side
    to the nearest tenth and then hundredth of a centimeter to demonstrate various
    levels of precision in measurement.
    5. Calculate the square roots of each area measurement, using a calculator.
    Discuss that answers that are not whole numbers are approximations, no matter
    how many decimal places are displayed.
    6. Retype a square root answer obtained above, and square that number.
    Discuss why the answer is not exactly the whole number area answer that you
    started with.
    7. Estimate the square root of another whole number by framing the number
    with two perfect squares, one higher and one lower than the number, and then
    estimating the answer. Check your estimate with a calculator.
    8. List the perfect squares in a sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36 . What pattern
    can you see in the sequence that allows you to find the next perfect square without
    multiplying or squaring? (To the first term add 3, then add 5, then add 7, etc.)

    Materials, Resources, Graph paper, rulers, calculators, Geometers Sketchpad software (optional)
    Technology Needed
    Timeline Two days

    Prior Learning, Students need to be able to find the area of right triangles.
    Connections, Student
    Needs or Interests,
    Common
    Misconceptions
    Instructional Students should work primarily on their own but be able to compare strategies and
    Strategies/Grouping solutions with a partner.

    Adaptations If you have students draw the squares with paper and pencil, precise directions will be
    needed. For all but the first four squares, it is helpful to start by drawing a vertex,
    e.g., the left-most one, and then giving directions to move from that vertex to an
    adjacent one. For example, for the ninth square, have students mark a point that will
    be the left-most vertex. From there, have them locate a point that is this translation of

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    Grade 8 Mathematics: Lesson Plan Unit 1

    that point: +1, +2 (right 1, up 2). Then translate this new point: +2, -1 (right 2, down
    1). Then translate that point: -1, -2 (left 1, down 2). Finally translate that point: -2, +1
    (left 2, up 1).

    Extensions Extend by having students draw several right triangles, using centimeter graph paper
    or Geometers Sketchpad. Then square off each leg and hypotenuse by drawing
    squares with side lengths equal to each side. Note the pattern that will lead into the
    discovery of the Pythagorean theorem.

    Formative Ask students to draw squares with specific whole number areas. Students are to
    Assessment subdivide the squares into right triangles and smaller squares, find the area of each
    square and the side length. Also have students estimate the square roots of whole
    (including student numbers by framing the numbers with two perfect squares and estimating the square
    self-assessment) roots.

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