Learning Intention:
- Students will be able to identify and describe 2D shapes and understand the terms translation, reflection, dilation and rotation.
- They will be able to identify and describe, draw, plan and construct 3D objects.
Success Criteria:
- Students will complete a poster that shows various shapes undergoing transformations and construct a tessellation from appropriate 2D shapes.
- They will identify and describe 2D and 3D shapes from photographs.
- They will draw isometric drawings with dot paper and nets and construct 3D shapes.
So far we have learnt about the properties of polygons, especially triangles and quadrilaterals, in terms of their sides, angles, perimeter and area. Next we will be looking at TRANSFORMATIONS – how 2D shapes are translated (moved), reflected, rotated and dilated. Your task is to create a poster that shows the letters of your name undergoing each of the following transformations – translation, reflection, rotation and dilation. Draw two copies of each of four block letters of your name and then complete a transformation with one of the letters of each pair.
We will then learn more about 3D shapes and how they are drawn and constructed.
Polygon matching game – identifying 2D shapes.
Sort the shapes – identify and describe polygons
Polygon sorting – regular and irregular polygons.
More interactives from the Maths Zone (2D shapes)
Classifying 2D and 3D shapes – Geometric Figures Game
Drag and drop 3D shapes – Naming 3D shapes
Matching 3D shapes – identifying 3D shapes
More interactives from the Maths Zone (3D objects)