I had my students work alone with grid paper for about 5 minutes. There are 6 different congruent shapes (including the one pictured on the paper), but I don't tell them that right away. I told them to find as many as they could, most found from 1-3 alone in 5 minutes.
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| Sheet of paper given to each student. |
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| Drawing out shapes. |
After the 5 minutes was up, we discussed as a class about other ways to find the figures. Students started to discuss using something to act out the process so I gave them foam cubes (from the $1 bins at Target!) After discussing, I let students work in pairs to compare answers for about 8 minutes. When there was 2 minutes left, I told them they needed 6 figures total.
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| Cubes from Target! |
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| Some students used a layer-effect to find the figures. |
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| Other students used a puzzle-like strategy to solve. |
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| Students using the doc cam to show figures to the class. |
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| Doc cam picture on the wall. |
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| Final paper with each of the 6 congruent figures. |
