Lesson 2

Build Shapes from Other Shapes

Lesson Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is for students to use three-dimensional shapes to compose larger shapes. 

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
  • MLR8

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

CCSS Standards

Addressing

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?

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