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Real-World Activity
| Shape Up and Invent! |
| Real World Activity: Pretend that you are an inventor. You think up new inventions and then build them. People come to you from all over the world to buy your inventions. Well, today is your lucky day! The president wants you to create a new invention just for him! He will give you a list of his favorite shapes. Your job will be to take those shapes and create an invention. You must use at least one of each shape in your design. |
| Lesson 1 Directions: 1. Think of an invention. This invention should help the president in some way. 2. Tell the students what shapes will be used to create the president's invention. (square, circle, triangle, rectangle,) 3. Using a pencil, draw the shapes needed at the top of a white piece of paper. 4. At the bottom of the paper, draw an invention. Make sure that you use at least one of each of the shapes shown at the top of your paper. 5. Be ready to tell the class what shapes you used and what your invention does to help the president. If you need help putting the shapes together to create something new, refer back to ebook 3. Remember that shapes can be put together to make anything. Go back and play with the Shapebot to get some ideas. |
| Lesson 2 Directions: 1. Think of an invention. This invention should help the president in some way. 2. Tell the students what shapes will be used to create the president's invention. (square, circle, triangle, rectangle,) 3. Each student will get 6 squares, 6 circles, 6 triangles, and 6 rectangles. You are to use the given shapes to create your invention. 4. When you have arranged the shapes onto your white piece of paper, glue them down. Make sure that you use at least one of each shape. You do not have to use all of the shapes given. 5. Be ready to tell the class what shapes you used and what your invention does to help the president. If you need help putting the shapes together to create something new, refer back to ebook 5. Remember that shapes can be put together in all different ways. Go back and play with the Shape Cave to get some ideas. |
GPS Standard:
MKG1 Students will correctly name simple two and three dimensional figures, and recognize them in the environment.
c. Observe concrete objects in the environment and represent the objects using basic shapes, such as drawing a representation of a house using a square together with a triangle for the roof.
Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
a. Students will recognize basic shapes in the environment and represent those objects using basic shapes.
MKG1 Students will correctly name simple two and three dimensional figures, and recognize them in the environment.
c. Observe concrete objects in the environment and represent the objects using basic shapes, such as drawing a representation of a house using a square together with a triangle for the roof.
Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
a. Students will recognize basic shapes in the environment and represent those objects using basic shapes.
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