Unit 7, Lesson 14
Wax Prints
Grade 3
Warm-up
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Activity 1
Your teacher will give you some dot paper for drawing.
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Use the dot paper to design your own wax print pattern. Your pattern should:
- Use a rhombus, rectangle, or square.
- Use a quadrilateral that is not a rhombus, rectangle, or square.
- Have each shape repeat at least 5 times.
- Color the pattern in a way that highlights the shapes you chose or choices you made.
Activity 2
Information Gap routine. Step 1, both students read the problem card. Cycle. Problem card student says, can you tell me, fill in the blank? Data card student says, why do you need to know, fill in the blank? Problem card student says, I need to know, fill in the blank, because dot, dot, dot. Data card student listens to partner's reason and answers with information from the data cards. Repeat cycle until the problem card student can state, I have enough information to solve this problem. Both solve the problem independently and continue to ask questions if more information is needed. Finally, share data card, then compare strategies and solutions.
Ask your teacher for a new set of cards and repeat the activity, trading roles with your partner.
Student Section Summary
We reasoned about shapes to design a park and wax prints.
We also solved problems involving area and perimeter in designs.