Reasoning Puzzles: Area of Irregular Shapes and Rectangles - Tasks for Math Talk

Reasoning Puzzles: Area of Irregular Shapes provides engaging math tasks for students to reason through and talk about. The 10 printable puzzles begin with regular rectangles on grid lines. They progress to irregular shapes without grid lines, allowing teachers to differentiate. Students decide if statements about each puzzle are true or false. After working through the puzzles individually or in small groups, students defend their reasoning during math talk time. These open-ended activities develop critical thinking, problem solving, deductive reasoning, and communication skills. Target the puzzles to specific learning needs by using them for warmups, centers, early finishers, intervention, assessment prep and more. The puzzles easily supplement area and perimeter lessons. Teachers appreciate the no prep format with answer keys and sample lesson plan included. Reasoning Puzzles develops thoughtful mathematical thinkers through engaging tasks purposefully designed for math discourse.