CCSS:

6.G.3 Represent three-dimensional figures using

nets made up of rectangles and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures.

Materials:

Connecting cubes Graph paper Pencil Ruler

Draw the letter T using 10 identical squares. Label each of the vertices. How many sides are parallel and how many sides are perpendicular?
A H G D B C

There are 9 cubes (each representing 1 cubic unit) glued together in the shape of an L. If this is dipped in red paint and then taken apart, how many faces will be red?

Learning Shapes

CCSS:
K.G.1 Describe objects in the environment

using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, in front of, behind, and next to. K.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. K.CC.5 Count to answer how many? questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a lone, a rectangle array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.

 1.G.1 Distinguish between defining attributes

(e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size) ; build and draw shapes, to possess defining attributes.

Materials
Pencils Pizza handout Ruler

My mother told me I had to watch my little brother after school. He brought three friends home, as well. They were all playing video games in the living room when I heard them all complaining about how they were hungry. Being a good sister that I am, I decided to make them a pizza. I asked my brother and his friends what they like on their pizza. They decided they wanted cheese, carrots, mushrooms, and pepperoni on their pizza.

KEY Cheese Carrots Mushrooms Pepperoni

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Name the different shapes shown in the picture of the pizza.

How many of each shape can you find?

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How many quadrilaterals are there total in the picture? Draw lines to cut the pizza into equal slices so that all four boys have an equal amount of pizza.

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Understanding Fractions and Partitioning in Shapes

CCSS:
2.G.2 Partition a rectangle into rows and

columns of same size squares and count to find the total number of them. 3.G.2 Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. 2.G.3 Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need to not have the same shape.

 3.MD.5 Recognize area as an attribute of

plane figures and understand concepts of area measure. 3.MD.6 Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).

Materials
Graph paper Pencil Ruler

Draw a 3 unit by 5 unit rectangle and separate it into equal squares.

or

What is the area in units of this rectangle?

Whats the total area of the rectangle?

Whats the area of the shaded part of the rectangle?

Understanding Coordinates and Symmetry

CCCS:
4.G.3 Recognize a line of symmetry for a two

dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw line of symmetry. 4.NF.2 Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators, e.g., by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.

 5.G.2 Represent real world and mathematical

problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.

Materials:
Pencil Ruler Graph paper

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Graph the following points on a piece of graph paper: (1,2) ; (4,2) ; (1,7) ; (4,7). What shape do the coordinates make up? Explain how you know which shape it is. How many lines of symmetry does the shape have? On the same graph paper, plot the following points: (2,3) ; (2,6) ; (3,6) ; (3,3). Shade in the new shape. What portion of the original shape does the new shape make up? Write the portion in the simplest fraction form.

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