In this session students make a cover for their solid shape.
Begin this session by sharing the nets drawn from the 3D solid shapes. Discuss the similarities and differences between the net designs. Use the vocabulary chart to support the discussion. Encourage students to use these words.
Adaptation for ESOL students: Show students sheets of foil, write the word on the board, talk about what it is and what it is used for. Show the children what they are going to do by doing it yourself making sure you talk about it as you go. Press the foil tightly around the shape. Put pressure onto the foil to ensure it tightly wraps around the shape.
Carefully cut along the edges of one of the faces of the shape. Cut only as many edges as you need to, to be able to remove the solid from the inside of its foil cover.
Reassemble the foil to make the original shape. Give students a piece of foil to wrap around their shape Students may want to make more than one solid shape.
Foil shapes could be stuffed with something to give them more structure.
Make a display of the foil solids. Make sure the names of the solids are clearly labelled.
In this session students will find practical examples of 3D shapes by making a display that categorises 3D shapes. Link this activity to the homework activity.
Ask students to collect pictures of examples of 3D shapes from magazines.
Stick these onto individual charts that have been labelled for each solid.
Adaptation for ESOL students: Make sure you talk about what you are doing. Have students talk about what they are doing so that the names of the shapes are recycled. Have them tell the group which one they stuck on, what the object is and what its shape is.
Display this with the foil models.
Published on: 09 Jan 2018
