Investigate: Making Parts and Wholes

Students create and describe whole composite shapes and their parts.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 3rd Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Today’s Goals • Create composite shapes from pattern blocks so that each block represents a given fraction of the whole shape. • Language Goal: Describe whole composite shapes and their parts. (Speaking and Listening) Materials Lesson Resources: Centimeter Dot Paper PDF (optional); Manipulative Kit: pattern blocks; Classroom materials: tools to create a visual display