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    Subject: Math

    Lesson Length: 35 - 45 mins

    Topic: Geometry

    Grade Level: 4

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: In this lesson, students will craft riddles to describe 2D shapes based on their points, angles, and lines.

    Know Before You Start: Students should be familiar with: points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines.

    Hook:

    • Read and discuss the sample comic.
      • Which possible 2D shapes could be described by the riddle?

    Activity:

    • 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?”

    Closure:

    • Is the riddle correct?
    • Are there any other clues their partner could have used?

    Differentiation:

    • 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.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display

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