Sorting Shapes

		Daily Practice and Problems	Lesson	Homework	Assessment
Student Books	Student Activity Book		Fill in the Shapes Pages 691–694 Draw Shapes Page 697 Shape Sort Pages 699–700 Quadrilateral Sort Pages 701–702		All about Shapes Pages 703–706
Teacher Resources	Teacher Guide - digital	DPP Item AA DPP Item BB DPP Item CC DPP Item DD		Home Practice Parts 5–6	My Shape Riddles optional

Supplies for Students

Fill in the Shapes pages from Lesson 9 (Student Activity Book) Pages 691–694
scissors
centimeter/inch ruler
set of pattern blocks (4 yellow hexagons, 24 green triangles, 16 brown trapezoids, 12 blue rhombuses, 8 red trapezoids,
    5 orange squares, 12 purple triangles, 8 tan rhombuses)

Materials for the Teacher

5 prepared sets of shape cards from the Fill in the Shapes pages from Lesson 9 (Student Activity Book) Pages 691–694.
    See Materials Preparation.
Display of All about Shapes Shape Riddles section (Student Activity Book) Pages 703–706
Unit 13 Assessment Record
Unit 13 Individial Assessment Record
scissors
ruler
5 prepared sorting charts. See Materials Preparation.
chart paper. See Materials Preparation.
tape or gluestick
Display set of pattern blocks (yellow hexagon, green triangle, brown trapezoid, blue rhombus, red trapezoid,
    orange square, purple triangle, tan rhombus)

Materials Preparation

Prepare 5 Display Sets of Shape Cards. Make five copies of the Fill in the Shapes pages in the Student Activity Book from Lesson 9. Cut out the cards so that you have five display sets of shape cards.

Create Sorting Charts. Make five large charts as shown in Figures 1–5 on chart paper.

Figure 1: Class chart for sorting shapes by number of sides

Figure 2: Class chart for sorting shapes with square corners (right angles)

Figure 3: Class chart for sorting shapes with parallel sides

Figure 4: Class chart for sorting quadrilaterals

Figure 5: Class chart for sorting quadrilaterals by number of parallel sides

Prepare Optional Additional Targeted Practice. Make copies of the My Shape Riddles Assessment Master and place them in a center. Students can use these and their own sets of shape cards to write riddles.