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Geometry and Spatial Sense, Grades 4 to 6 - EduGains

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TIME:<br />

approximately<br />

60 minutes<br />

INSTRUCTIONAL<br />

GROUPING:<br />

individuals, pairs<br />

1 2<br />

ABOUT THE LEARNING ACTIVITY<br />

MATERIALS<br />

• interlocking cubes (3 per student)<br />

• 3D6.BLM1: 2 cm Grid Paper (2 sheets per student)<br />

• 3D6.BLM2: Isometric Dot Paper, cut in<strong>to</strong> half sheets (2 half sheets<br />

per student)<br />

• overhead projec<strong>to</strong>r<br />

• 3D6.BLM3: Sketching Climbing Structures (1 per student)<br />

• 3D6.BLM4: Sketching Isometric Perspectives (1 per student)<br />

• 3D6.BLM5a–b: Teach an Adult <strong>to</strong> Sketch (1 per student)<br />

MATH LANGUAGE<br />

• congruent<br />

• orthographic sketches or<br />

views (<strong>to</strong>p, front, side)<br />

• rotate<br />

• mirror image<br />

• two-dimensional<br />

representation<br />

INSTRUCTIONAL SEqUENCING<br />

<strong>Geometry</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Spatial</strong> <strong>Sense</strong>, <strong>Grades</strong> 4 <strong>to</strong> 6<br />

• three-dimensional figure<br />

• isometric dot paper<br />

• isometric perspective or view<br />

• vertical line segment<br />

• diagonal line segment<br />

• horizontal line segment<br />

• edge<br />

This learning activity focuses on the relationships between two-dimensional drawings <strong>and</strong><br />

three-dimension figures. Prior <strong>to</strong> this lesson, students should be familiar with building three-<br />

dimensional solids from <strong>to</strong>p, front, <strong>and</strong> side views.<br />

ABOUT THE MATH<br />

In Grade 6, students learn <strong>to</strong> draw different views (i.e., <strong>to</strong>p, front, side) <strong>and</strong> sketch isometric<br />

perspectives of three-dimensional figures. They also require opportunities <strong>to</strong> build three-<br />

dimensional models, given isometric sketches or different views of a structure.<br />

These experiences will help students develop an underst<strong>and</strong>ing of the relationship between<br />

three-dimensional figures <strong>and</strong> their two-dimensional representations. Students have opportuni-<br />

ties <strong>to</strong> represent their thinking concretely <strong>and</strong> through two different types of drawings. They<br />

also have opportunities <strong>to</strong> make connections between two-dimensional sketches of three-<br />

dimensional figures in the classroom <strong>and</strong> the use of these types of two-dimensional sketches in<br />

the real world (e.g., in assembly instructions for <strong>to</strong>ys, furniture, model cars or planes).<br />

Isometric diagrams use an isometric grid. An isometric grid shows three axes instead of the<br />

two found in a rectangular grid. One axis runs vertically; the other two axes run “down” at 30°<br />

angles <strong>to</strong> the left <strong>and</strong> right.

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