The Math Forum: Building Shapes Lesson Plan

Publisher

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Lesson Plan

The Math Forum: Building Shapes

Curated by ACT

Based on building a hexagon, this activity from the Math Forum collection focuses on using different combinations of pattern blocks to create a hexagon. An online activity, pencil and paper method, literature connections, and a manipulative investigation are all listed.

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Concepts

comparing shapes, geometric shapes, pattern blocks, rhombus, symmetry, shapes

Additional Tags

geometry, identifying shapes, mathematics, plane figure, sort by shape, sorting shapes, symmetry properties, math forum, hexagon, problem solving, trapezoid, triangle

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

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