Lesson 13
Describe Solid Shapes Around Us
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to notice and describe the locations of solid shapes in their environment.
Lesson Narrative
Throughout this lesson, students have opportunities to make connections between objects in their environment and solid shapes, such as considering that a block and a tissue box both look like the same solid shape.
- Engagement
- MLR8
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Recognize, name, describe, and build solid shapes in the environment.
Student Facing
- Let’s find solid shapes.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Required Preparation
Activity 3:
- Gather materials from:
- Build Shapes, Stages 1-3
- Geoblocks, Stages 1-4
- Counting Collections, Stage 1
- Match Mine, Stage 1
- Shake and Spill, Stages 1-4
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 15 min |
| Activity 2 | 10 min |
| Activity 3 | 20 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 5 min |
| Cool-down | 0 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
Think about a recent time from class when your students were confused. What did you do to support them in reasoning about their confusion together as a community of learners?