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Activity 1

15 mins

Build with Solid Shapes

Standards Alignment

Building On

Addressing

Building Toward

Instructional Routines

None

Materials

To Gather

Geoblocks Solid shapes

Activity Narrative

The purpose of this activity is for students to use solid shapes to create objects. As they build, encourage students to name the new object and talk about the shapes they used. For example, students may use a cube and a triangular prism and describe it as a house. They continue to use their own language to name the shapes and may recognize three-dimensional shapes, such as cube, cylinder, cone, and sphere. Students may use the terms “rectangular prism” and “triangular prism,” but they are not expected to do so.

MLR8 Discussion Supports. Display sentence frames to support small-group discussion: “I made a . . .” and “The shapes I used were . . . .”
Advances: Speaking, Conversing

Engagement: Provide Access by Recruiting Interest. Use visible timers or audible alerts to help learners anticipate and prepare to transition between activities.
Supports accessibility for: Attention, Social-Emotional Functioning

Launch

Groups of 4
Give each group of students geoblocks and solid shapes.
Display a cube, a cylinder, a sphere, and a cone.
“What are the names of these solid shapes?” (cube, cylinder, sphere, and cone)
30 seconds: quiet think time
Share responses. Ask the class to repeat the name of each shape.

Activity

“Use the shapes to build a new object. You can build anything you want. Be sure you can describe your new object.”
5 minutes: independent work time
“Show the object you built to your group. Describe what you made and what shapes you used.”
5 minutes: small group discussion
Monitor for 3 or 4 objects to share during the Activity Synthesis.

Student Task Statement

None

Student Response

to access Student Response.

Advancing Student Thinking

Activity Synthesis

Invite previously identified students to share.
“What shapes did they use to make their object?” (They used 4 cubes and 2 solid triangle blocks.)
Repeat as time allows.

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Lesson 2

Build Shapes from Other Shapes

Warm-up

Notice and Wonder: A Shape Bridge

Instructional Routines

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Activity Narrative

Launch

Activity

Student Task Statement

Student Response

Advancing Student Thinking

Are You Ready for More?

Activity Synthesis

Activity 1

Build with Solid Shapes

Standards Alignment

Building On

Addressing

1.G.A.2

Building Toward

Instructional Routines

Materials

To Gather

Activity Narrative

Launch

Activity

Student Task Statement

Student Response

Advancing Student Thinking

Activity Synthesis

Activity 2

Use Shapes to Make Other Shapes

Standards Alignment

Building On

Addressing

1.G.A.2

Building Toward

Instructional Routines

Materials

To Gather

Activity Narrative

Launch

Activity

Student Task Statement

Student Response

Advancing Student Thinking

Are You Ready for More?

Activity Synthesis

Activity 3

Revisit Geoblocks—Describe and Find

Standards Alignment

Building On

Addressing

1.G.A

Building Toward

Instructional Routines

Materials

To Gather

Activity Narrative

Launch

Activity

Student Task Statement

Student Response

Advancing Student Thinking

Are You Ready for More?

Activity Synthesis

Lesson Synthesis

Have feedback on the curriculum?

Standards Alignment

Building On

Addressing

1.G.A.2

Building Toward

Are You Ready for More?