Drawing Flat Shapes

Students draw triangles and rectangles on dot paper and determine which attributes define each shape.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 1st Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Today’s Goals • Draw and identify rectangles. • Draw and identify triangles. • Language Goal: Justify if statements about triangles and rectangles are always, sometimes, or never true. (Speaking, Listening, and Reading) • Language Goal: Describe the defining attributes of triangles and rectangles. (Speaking, Listening, and Writing) Materials Lesson Resources: Centimeter Dot Paper PDF; Manipulative Kit: triangle pattern blocks; Classroom materials: colored pencils, markers, straightedges, Words to Describe Flat Shapes chart (from Lesson 3)