Lesson 16
Represent the Classroom with Shapes
Lesson Purpose
Lesson Narrative
In previous lessons, students described and built with solid shapes. Students used positional words to describe the location of shapes and have identified solid shapes in the environment. After creating their model of the classroom with a classmate, students take a gallery walk to look at different models and practice describing their model. Then they return to their model and make changes or additions based on what they have observed in the other classroom models. The purpose of the lesson synthesis is for students to reflect on how they have improved throughout the unit.
- Action and Expression
- MLR8
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Compose solid shapes to represent the environment.
Student Facing
- Let’s use shapes to make a model of our classroom.
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, Stages 1 and 2
- Shake and Spill, Stages 1-4
Lesson Timeline
Warm-up | 10 min |
Activity 1 | 15 min |
Activity 2 | 15 min |
Activity 3 | 15 min |
Lesson Synthesis | 5 min |
Cool-down | 0 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
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