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Features

Count the cubes, rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, and pyramids in a block castle
Circle the set of loose blocks that made a build
Decide which blocks stack, which roll, and which one fits in the middle of a tower
Find the block missing from a build
Count the blocks in a rocket, a robot, and a bridge to fill in a table and compare them
Every page in color and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Name cubes, rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, spheres, and pyramids
Count the blocks of each shape in a build
Find the blocks that make a structure

Tell which blocks stack and which roll
Find the block missing from a build
Compare builds by how many blocks they use

How to Use This Pack

Five pages about putting solid shapes together. Page 1 starts with a worked example, then a block castle: students count its cubes, rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, and pyramids and write each number in a table under a picture of the shape. Page 2 shows a tower and a bridge, each next to three sets of loose blocks, and students circle the set that built it. Page 3 asks whether six blocks can stack, roll, or both, then which block fits in the middle of a tower. On page 4 one block is gone from a build, and students circle the missing block. Page 5 counts the blocks in a rocket, a robot, and a bridge in a table and answers three questions about which build has the most or the fewest.

In the Classroom

Put out real blocks before page 1 and build a small tower together, naming each block as it goes on. For page 2, build one of the sets and ask the class whether it matches the picture. Page 3 is best done with real blocks: try stacking and rolling each one, and try to put a block on top of a cone. On page 5, let partners build the rocket or the robot and count the blocks as they take it apart.

At Home

Build with whatever is in the kitchen: a box of crackers is a rectangular prism, a can is a cylinder, an orange is a sphere. Ask which ones you can stack into a tower and which ones roll away. Build something and count how many of each shape you used.

Tips for Success

Point to each block as you count it, so no block is counted twice
A cube has square faces that are all the same size; a rectangular prism is a box shape that is longer one way
Blocks with flat faces stack; blocks with a curved side roll
A cone or a pyramid has a point on top, so it can only go at the top of a tower
Look at the two builds on page 4 one block at a time to find the one that is gone

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

K.G.A.1 Use shape names for everyday objects, and tell where things are with position words like over, under, next to and behind.
K.G.A.2 Name shapes correctly even when they are turned, tilted, bigger or smaller.
K.G.A.3 Tell whether a shape is flat (two-dimensional) or solid (three-dimensional).
1.G.A.2 Combine flat shapes (such as trapezoids and half-circles) or solids (such as cubes and cones) into a new shape, then build more shapes from it.

Building with 3D Shapes

K – 1st Grade

Building with 3D shapes such as cubes, cylinders, cones and pyramids. Students count the blocks of each shape in a build, find the set that made it, decide which blocks stack or roll and spot the missing block.

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What’s Included

5 worksheets in color and in black and white, with answer keys (15 pages)
A block castle to count shape by shape, with a worked example
Find the set that made a build, stack or roll, and the block that fits in a tower
Find the missing block, and count and compare a rocket, a robot, and a bridge

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