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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4 |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Math |
| Topic: | Geometry |
| Lesson Length: | 35 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
In this lesson, students will craft riddles to describe 2D shapes based on their points, angles, and lines.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should be familiar with: points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Read and discuss the sample comic.
- Which possible 2D shapes could be described by the riddle?
What will students do?
- Have students choose from a variety of 2D shapes.
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a two-to-four-panel “Riddle Comic” describing their shape.
- The comic should ask the reader to guess what shape they are describing based on its points, lines, and angles.
- Students should use the framework provided by the sample comic e.g., “I’m thinking of a shape… It has _. What shape could I be thinking of?”
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Is the riddle correct?
- Are there any other clues their partner could have used?
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Assign specific 2D shapes to students as needed.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
Elementary School
Game Show
Geometry
