Circles

Strand: Shape and Space (Measurement)
Outcome: 1

Step 3: Plan for Instruction

What learning opportunities and experiences should I provide to promote learning of the outcomes and permit students to demonstrate their learning?
What teaching strategies and resources should I use?
How will I meet the diverse learning needs of my students?

Before introducing new material, consider ways to assess and build on the students' knowledge and skills related to understanding circles.

Consider the following strategies when planning lessons.

Access prior knowledge on perimeter and angles outlined in the achievement indicators for Grade 6.
Use exploratory activities that stimulate students' thinking and provide a foundation for generalizing Big Ideas about circles.
Use literature to stimulate students' thinking about circles and their properties.
Connect the circumference of circles to perimeters of polygons.
Emphasize that students connect the concrete, pictorial and symbolic representations as they explore the properties of circles.
Have students justify the strategies they use in solving problems related to circles and critique strategies used by others.

Learning Activities are examples of activities that could be used to develop student understanding of the concepts identified in Step 1.

Sample Learning Activities
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