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K - Make a Shape, Build a Block

Make a Shape, Build a Block: 2-D and 3-D Geometry

Students explore geometry using a variety of materials, including Geoblocks, pattern blocks, interlocking cubes and geoboards. They describe, sort, and compose and decompose two- and three-dimensional shapes. They think about shapes in their environment and match two-dimensional shapes to three-dimensional objects. The Shapes software is introduced as a tool for extending and deepening this work. This tool is designed for K–2 students to explore how different shapes go together, experiment with different sorts of geometric transformations (rotations, translation, reflection), explore patterning, and investigate symmetry.