Lesson 2
Build Shapes from Other Shapes
Lesson Purpose
Lesson Narrative
In the previous lesson, students sorted three-dimensional shapes and used their own language to describe them.
In this lesson, students put together three-dimensional shapes to compose larger shapes. Students begin by using solid shapes to build any way they would like. They describe what they create and the shapes they used. Students then make three-dimensional shapes (prisms and cubes) from smaller shapes. Students do not need to use formal names for the three-dimensional shapes such as rectangular prism or triangular prism.
- Engagement
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Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Compose shapes from other three-dimensional shapes.
Student Facing
- Let’s use solid shapes to build new shapes.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Required Preparation
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 15 min |
| Activity 2 | 10 min |
| Activity 3 | 15 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 10 min |
| Cool-down | 0 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
Reflect on whose thinking was heard today. Reflect on whose thinking was not heard but could have enriched the conversations. What prompts or structures might better enable the latter to share their voices and reasoning?