Unit 7, Lesson 13
Describe Solid Shapes around Us
Kindergarten
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
Throughout this lesson, students have opportunities to make connections between objects in their environment and solid shapes, such as considering that a block and a tissue box look like the same solid shape.
- Engagement
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- Describe (orally) examples of solid shapes in the environment, including using positional words.
- Represent solid shapes in the environment with clay.
- Let’s find solid shapes.
Required Materials
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Required Preparation
- Gather materials from:
- Build Shapes, Stages 1–3
- Geoblocks, Stages 1–4
- Counting Collections, Stage 1
- Match Mine, Stage 1
- Shake and Spill, Stages 1–4
Suggested Centers
NoneTeacher Reflection Questions
Think about a recent time from class when your students were confused. What did you do to support them in reasoning thought their confusion together as a community of learners?