Esperanza Academy Charter School

Open Campus Initiative Course Proposal

Proposed by: Jill DeLeon, Grade 6 Mathematics Teacher
Course Title: Grade 6 Geometry

Course Description
In this course, students will use provided formulas to find area, surface area, and volume. Learners will
be challenged to consider the usefulness of area, surface area, and volume in real-life. To do this,
students will reason abstractly and quantitatively using specific online resources. This course will be
made available to all sixth-grade students who are a part of Esperanza Academy and will take nine
weeks to complete (one marking period).

Rationale
The mission of Esperanza is to strengthen Hispanic communities through “faith, integrity, and
excellence.” The Esperanza organization has carried out this mission over the past thirty years in
Philadelphia; an offshoot of this mission was the creation of Esperanza Academy. Since the physical
building itself is limited in its size (and, consequently, unable to expand), it is only logical that additional
online courses, like Grade 6 Geometry, be made available. Grade 6 Geometry is not an optional course
for grade 6 students nationwide; so, this will provide more students than ever with access to the
rigorous mathematics education that they need. Technology needs for this course include: laptops or
Chromebooks for each child, internet access for each child, and Google platform capabilities. Esperanza
would not need to use any additional funds to run this course.

Objectives
Students will be able to…
1. Calculate the areas of quadrilaterals and triangles in a given room
2. Design an apartment floor plan to find the areas of irregular shapes within the plans
3. Use a coordinate grid to design, plot, and calculate areas of locations in a fictional town
4. Identify the exact amount of wrapping paper needed to cover a rectangular prism-shaped gift
5. Produce a sketch of their own homes and provide volume dimensions
6. Analyze a partner’s home sketch to determine missing volume dimensions
7. Create a website to demonstrate their knowledge of area, surface area, and volume

Related Standards
 PA Core Standard
o CC.2.3.6.A.1: Apply appropriate tools to solve real-world and mathematical problems
involving area, surface area, and volume.

 Eligible Content
o M06.C-G.1.1.1: Determine the area of triangles and special quadrilaterals (i.e., square,
rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, and trapezoid). Formulas will be provided.
o M06.C-G.1.1.2: Determine the area of irregular or compound polygons.
o M06.C-G.1.1.3: Determine the volume of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge
lengths. Formulas will be provided.
o M06.C-G.1.1.4: Given coordinates for the vertices of a polygon in the plane, use the
coordinates to find side lengths and area of the polygon. Formulas will be provided.
o M06.C-G.1.1.5: Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made of rectangles and
triangles.
 o M06.C-G.1.1.6: Determine the surface area of triangular and rectangular prisms
(including cubes). Formulas will be provided.

The instructor will be available for video-conferencing via Skype or Google Hangouts on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Additional times can be made through appointment. Please email Mrs.
DeLeon at jdeleon@neacademy.net to schedule an appointment.

Course Syllabus
Week # Activities
1 Focus: Introduction to Course
 Introductions/"truths and lies"
icebreaker activity
 Watch "overview of course" video
by Mrs. DeLeon
 Complete "introduction to area"
vocabulary word search
2 Focus: Area of Quadrilaterals and
Triangles
 Complete area of quadrilaterals
and triangles pre-test
 Watch "Math Antics" video: area
 Explore guided practice: find area
of shapes in room (Extension: Find
area of objects in own home)
Related Resources
Introductions: Google Classroom Discussion
Forum
Course introduction video: YouTube
ProProfs word search:
https://www.proprofs.com/games/word-
search/
Pre-test: http://www.testmoz.com
Math Antics video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCdxU
RXMdFY
Guided practice: Google Document
Quiz: Google Classroom (discussion
question)

 Take end of week quiz: area of

quadrilaterals and triangles

3 Focus: Area of Compound Figures Nearpod presentation:

 View/interact with Nearpod
presentation: area of compound
figures
 View apartment floor plan
examples: calculate area of rooms
 Create and calculate area of own
floor plan
https://share.nearpod.com/wvgBnGnoMM
Floor plan examples:
https://www.floorplans.com/
Own floor plan creation:
http://www.floorplanner.com
Quiz: Google Classroom

 Take end of week quiz: area of

compound figures
4 Focus: Area in Coordinate Plane
 Watch Khan Academy video: area
of parallelograms in a coordinate
plane/complete provided practice
problems
 Practice plotting points on a
coordinate plane
 Complete "Design a Town" activity
on a coordinate grid
 Take end of week quiz: area in a
coordinate plane
5 Focus: Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
 View interactive slideshow:
introduction to surface area
 View/interact with Nearpod
presentation: using nets to
calculate surface area
 Play "surface area of prisms"
practice game
 Complete "Wrapping Paper
Activity"
 Take end of week quiz: surface
area of rectangular prisms
6 Focus: Volume of Rectangular Prisms
 Watch Khan Academy video:
volume of rectangular prisms with
fractional dimensions
 Play "multiplying fractions"
practice game
 Begin partner activity: find volume
of objects in own homes/leave out
a dimension for partner to
Khan Academy video:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic
-geo/basic-geo-coord-plane/quadrilaterals-
on-plane/v/area-of-parallelogram-on-
coordinate-plane
Plotting points practice:
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/graph-
points-on-a-coordinate-plane
Town design:
https://www.geogebra.org/m/jmMXpzuM
Quiz: Google Classroom (discussion
question)
Interactive slideshow:
http://www.brainingcamp.com/legacy/cont
ent/concepts/surface-area/lesson.php
Nearpod presentation:
https://share.nearpod.com/bwiulBsELN
Practice:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_a
ssets/mathematics/im1/concepts_in_motio
n/interactive_labs/M3_09/M3_09_dev_100
.html
Wrapping paper activity:
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-
Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Isome
tric-Drawing-Tool
Quiz: Google Classroom
Khan Academy video:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic
-geo/basic-geo-volume-sa/volume-with-
fractions/v/volume-of-a-rectangular-prism-
with-fractional-dimensions
Practice:
http://www.mathplayground.com/fractions
_mult.html
Partner activity: Google Document
 calculate Quiz: Google Classroom

 Take end of week quiz: volume of

rectangular prisms
7 Focus: Volume of Rectangular Prisms Partner activity: Google Document
 Complete partner activity: find
volume of objects in own Activity reflection: Google Classroom
homes/leave out a dimension for Discussion Board
partner to calculate

 Complete discussion board

reflection/react to other students’
reflections
8 Focus: Begin End of Course Project Group Project: Google Sites, Google
 Begin group project Classroom Discussion Forum
o Pre-assigned groups
o Create a website that Study Guide: Google Document
teaches others about area,
surface area, and volume
o Identify the usefulness of
each in real-life

 Begin to complete end of course

study guide
9 Focus: Complete End of Course Project Group Project: Google Sites, Google
 Finish group project Classroom Discussion Forum
o Pre-assigned groups
o Create a website that Study Guide: Google Document
teaches others about area,
surface area, and volume Google Classroom Test
o Identify the usefulness of
each in real-life

 Complete end of course study

guide

 Take end of course test

Grading Scale:
90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D
59 and below F