Math Curriculum
Level C
Unit: Geometry
Lesson 6.1.7 From Parallelograms to Triangles
Instructor Materials
- Teacher guide
- Slides
- Practice Problems resource
- CCRS standard: 6.G.1
- Learning goal: Describe (orally and in writing) ways in which two identical triangles can be composed, i.e., into a parallelogram or into a rectangle. Show how any parallelogram can be decomposed into two identical triangles by drawing a diagonal, and generalize (in writing) that this property applies to all parallelograms, but not all quadrilaterals.
- 6.1 Assessments and Related Lessons
Student Materials
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