3rd+Calendar+Math

3rd Calendar Math

Topic: 3-D Geometric Shapes

Shapes included on the calendar (January): cone, rectangular prism, cylinder, cube, sphere, pyramid

After learning about the 3-D geometric shapes listed above, students will be challenged to find "real-life" examples of these shapes in our classroom. They will be given a chart with these headings 1) Shape's Name, 2) Where I found it in the Classroom, 3) What the Object Actually is, 4) Number of Faces, 5) Number of Faces x 5. Students will be asked to walk around to room and fill out this chart to the best of their ability (teacher can "plant" objects around the room that fit each category just to be sure all students can find "real-life" examples).

Teacher should collect these worksheets when students are finsished. This work can be assessed using a checklist: 1) Did the student identify the shapes accurately using "real-life" examples? 2) Was the student able to accurately count/remember the number of faces on each shape? 3) Was the student able to multiply by five accurately for each shape's number of faces? We will use this assessment to drive our instruction for upcoming calendar math lessons.