Motivation Show each child a collection of five shapes and tell them that you have a secret rule that they are sorted by. Tell the students that they will be and help you use shape clues to discover what the “shape detectives” secret rule is. Activity 1 UDL Components: SMP 1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them - Students Representation is present in the activity when students are encouraged compose shapes from other shapes. UDL Components to find multiple sets of shapes (pattern blocks) that could be used to Multiple Means create the same picture. Key vocabulary words will be introduced as SMP 2: Reason abstractly and of appropriate and authentic. quantitatively Students explain why – Representation Expression is present in the lesson with the opportunity for students to some designs are the same and some Multiple Means explain their sort and use a variety of virtual manipulatives to complete are different. for Action and the task presented. Expression SMP 4: Model with mathematics – Engagement is present providing the choice of the type of design the Multiple Means Students compose shapes in a variety students would make. for Engagement of ways and compare them. Key Questions: In Materials Needed: SMP 5: Use appropriate tools Bold A set of two yellow (hexagon), four red(trapezoid), six strategically Students use pattern Formative Assessment – blue(rhombus) , and twelve green(triangle) pattern blocks for blocks correctly to compose shapes. Summary each pair of students SMP 6: Attend to precision Students – Blank Paper (multiple copies for each pair of students) use correct mathematical vocabulary Pencils, markers, or crayons when sharing their thinking. Math Journals Resource Sheet 1A&B Pattern Block Activity Cards (for – Extension Activity) Put together four green triangles to make a larger triangle. Ask the students to describe what the larger shapes looks like. Show how you might draw the overall design. Demonstrate how the four triangles could be moved around to make a different shape. Divide the students into small groups. Ask each group to create a
Motivation Show each child a collection of five shapes and tell them that you have a secret rule that they are sorted by. Tell the students that they will be “shape detectives” and help you use shape clues to discover what the secret rule is. Activity 1 UDL Components Multiple Means of Representation Multiple Means for Action and Expression Multiple Means for Engagement Key Questions: In Bold Formative Assessment Summary UDL Components: Representation is present in the activity when students are encouraged to find multiple sets of shapes (pattern blocks) that could be used to create the same picture. Key vocabulary words will be introduced as appropriate and authentic. Expression is present in the lesson with the opportunity for students to explain their sort and use a variety of virtual manipulatives to complete the task presented. Engagement is present providing the choice of the type of design the students would make. Materials Needed: A set of two yellow (hexagon), four red(trapezoid), six blue(rhombus) , and twelve green(triangle) pattern blocks for each pair of students Blank Paper (multiple copies for each pair of students) Pencils, markers, or crayons Math Journals Resource Sheet 1A&B – Pattern Block Activity Cards (for Extension Activity) Put together four green triangles to make a larger triangle. Ask the students to describe what the larger shapes looks like. Show how you might draw the overall design. Demonstrate how the four triangles could be moved around to make a different shape. Divide the students into small groups. Ask each group to create a SMP 1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them - Students compose shapes from other shapes. SMP 2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively – Students explain why some designs are the same and some are different. SMP 4: Model with mathematics – Students compose shapes in a variety of ways and compare them. SMP 5: Use appropriate tools strategically – Students use pattern blocks correctly to compose shapes. SMP 6: Attend to precision – Students use correct mathematical vocabulary when sharing their thinking.