Lesson 8-9

LET'S BUILD More Building with Shapes

For more help with this lesson, view the Visual Learning Animation or the Another Look Video.

MATH HELP AT HOME

Sample Additional Practice Exercise 1

Use pattern blocks to make the object. Tell about the shapes you used, and then write an addition equation to tell how many.

On the left, an object made of 4 squares and 4 triangles, shaped like a house. The sentence

You would use 4 squares and 4 triangles to make the object. That can be expressed by the equation $4 + 4 = 8$ .

HOME ACTIVITY

Tell a 3-D Shape

MATERIALS

Assorted Craft Materials or Small Objects

ACTIVITY

Ask your child to identify two different shapes they see in an object, or draw a picture for your child that is built from rectangles and circles. Ask him or her to tell about the shapes and use an addition equation to show how many shapes they see.