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Building with 3-D Shapes

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Mathematics›Geometry|Ages 6—7|ID: mt_QNxFnxikCN

Compose three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, right circular cylinders) and create composite shapes; build new shapes from component shapes

Mastery Evidence

  • Stack cubes and prisms to build towers or structures
  • Combine 3-D shapes to make a new solid (e.g. cone on top of cylinder)
  • Describe a composite 3-D shape in terms of its component shapes

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] combine 3-D shapes — like stacking cubes and cylinders — to build a new composite solid?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

1.G.2Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Compose two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes

Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape.

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Prerequisites2

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  • Building & Drawing Shapes soft

    Experience building/modelling shapes supports composing 3-D shapes

    • 3-D shapes (age 5+) hard

      Modelling shapes by building/drawing requires knowing their attributes (sides, vertices)

      • 2-D shapes hard

        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first

      • 3-D shapes hard

        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them

  • 3-D shapes hard

    Need to recognise 3-D shapes before composing them

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