In this activity, students use shapes to compose animals. Students can create the animal in their student book or on a piece of cardstock or construction paper. Students choose which shapes to use to create their animal. When students model an object in the real world, using a representation such a picture made with shapes, they model with mathematics (MP4).

Consider covering the work area or giving each group of students a paper plate to place their stamps on once they have paint on them.

• “Show a partner the animal you made. Tell your partner the shapes you used to make your animal and the part of the animal each shape stands for.”
• “Using the words 'more' and 'fewer,' tell your partner about the shapes you used. For example, did you use fewer rectangles or circles to make your animal?”

The purpose of this activity is for students to ask and answer mathematical questions about the animals that they created in the previous activity. Students participate in a Gallery Walk and ask questions about the animals their classmates made. When students come up with mathematical questions that can be asked about a situation, they model with mathematics (MP4). 

• Invite two students who created the same animal to share. Display the animals they created. 
• “What is the same about the animals they created? What is different?”(Both made a dog. ____ used a circle for the dog's body, and ____ used a rectangle for the dog's body. Both used a triangle for the dog's ears. They used different numbers of rectangles to show the dog's body.)