Unit 7, Lesson 14
Build with Solid Shapes
Kindergarten
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In previous lessons, students described and built solid shapes from components. They used positional words to describe the relative locations of shapes. In this lesson, students use solid shapes to compose objects. Students may notice attributes of solid shapes in the context of building, such as that a sphere is round and rolls. The focus is on listening to the language that students use to describe the shapes that they put together and shapes' relative locations (MP6).
- Engagement
- MLR2
- Describe (orally) objects composed of solid shapes, including using positional words.
- Let’s build with solid shapes.
Required Materials
Activity 1
Activity 2
Required Preparation
- Create a building with 6–8 solid shapes to display, and have a way to hide it from students’ view.
- Each student needs a matching set of solid shapes.
- Gather materials from:
- Build Shapes, Stages 1–3
- Geoblocks, Stages 1–4
- Counting Collections, Stage 1
- Shake and Spill, Stages 1–4
Suggested Centers
NoneTeacher Reflection Questions
How did students use positional words to describe the objects they built during this lesson?