Activity #

Skill Involved

Brief Activity Description

# of Students

Task Card

Other Materials

1
Pentominos

Plane, spatial awareness

Game of filling up a grid with pentominos, as well as constructing shapes with pentomino pieces

1-2

#1

1.Game    board 2.Figures

2
Newts

Tessellations

Use a diagram and shape pattern to create newt tessellations

1 - small group

#2

3
2 Halves = Whole

Plane, Spatial Awareness

Tangram type of activity - matching shapes to patterns

1 or 2

#3

4
Making Boxes

Construction of cubes

Recognize which patterns of 6 squares can be folded to make a cube

1 or more

#4

5
Quilt Block

Pattern recognition using congruent triangles

Students design a quilt square using 16 squares (cut into triangles) of 2 contrasting colors

1, 2 or pairs

#5

6
Geo-board

Plane: shape recognition, knowledge of angles

Use the task card to design shapes with various attributes

2-4

#6

Teacher Notes

Task Cards and Materials