Unit of Study: Spatial Sense

Lesson length: 30-40 minutes

Input: 5-10 minutes

Subject: Math Grade: 1 Timeline: 4 Weeks

LEARNING FOCUS

Overall Expectations Specific Expectations Essential Questions

Geometric and
Spatial Reasoning E1.1 Sort 2D and 3D shapes according to one attribute at a time - What are 2D and 3D
shapes?
- Describe and E1.2 Construct 3D objects and identify 2D shapes contained within structures and
objects - What is the
represent shape,
difference between
location and E1.3 Construct and describe 2D and 3D objects that have matching halves 2D and 3D shapes?
movement
E1.4 Describe relative locations of objects or people - What 2D shapes
Measurement can you see in this 3D
- Compare, estimate E1.5 Give and follow directions for moving from one location to another object?
and determine
E2.1 Identify measurable attributes of 2D and 3D objects, including mass, capacity - How much can this
measurements
and angle object contain?

E2.2 Compare everyday objects and order them according to length, area, mass - Who can tell me the
and capacity date today, by looking
at the calendar?
E2.3 Read the date on a calendar and use a calendar to identify days, months,
seasons
 Integration Focus
Language (Oral) Language (Reading)
- 1.2 Active listening strategies
- 1.4 Demonstrating Understanding - 1.4 Demonstrate
Understanding
- 1.6 Extending Understanding
- 1.8 Point of View - 1.6 Extending
- 1.9 Presentation Strategies Understanding
- 2.2 Interactive Strategies
- 2.3 Clarity and Coherence Language (Media
Language (Writing) Literacy)
- 1.1 Purpose and Audience
- 2.1 Form - 3.4 Producing Media
Texts (artwork)
- 2.4 Sentence Fluency
- 3.1 Spelling Familiar Words
- 3.2 Spelling Unfamiliar Word

Daily Lesson Activities

Color coded lessons for learning objectives (LO)
Pink: Review shapes
LO: E1.1
Blue: Recognize properties of 2D and 3D shapes
LO: E1.1/ E1.3
Green: Construct and sort shapes
LO:E1.2/E1.3/E2.1/E2.2
Orange: Preposition
LO:E1.4/E1.5
Purple: Calendar
LO: E2.3
Lesson 1 – 2D shapes February 18, Thursday, 2021

Mental set:
- Show images of shapes in real life
- Show an abstract image of an animal that is composed of shapes
- Have students guess what animal it is

Practice: (breakout room)

- Tangram games to build with 2D shapes
- Recognize geometric prosperities for 2D shapes
● Have students make animals using the virtual tangrams
https://toytheater.com/category/teacher-tools/virtual-manipulatives/geometry-manipulatives/
- Students will write about the animal/object they made and the shapes they used
Consolidation:
- Show and tell in big group

Lesson 2- 2D shapes February 19, Friday, 2021

Mental set:
- YouTube video to review 2D shapes’ properties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmaKlT2Zrfk
Practice:
Activity 1: find objects around the house
- Teachers will show the name of the shapes to students, and students will need to find objects that has that
shape and bring it to the teachers
- Students will need to describe the properties of the shape (how many sides, corners, etc.)
Activity 2:
- Drawing a robot with shapes (Arts for Kids Hub)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9LkMl3qpA

Consolidation:
- Share drawing and discuss what shapes are in the picture?
- Do some shapes have the same/different properties?

Lesson 3 - 3D Objects February 22, Monday, 2021

Mental set:
- Read aloud: Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO4KUJQt-kk

Practice: (breakout rooms)

Building with 3D figures (virtual blocks on Google slides - jamboard)
- Teachers show students pictures of 3D figures, students try to build a structure with the given 3D figures

Consolidation:
- Students show their buildings to the class
- What did you make? How did you make it?
- Can you find different ways to build
- Students can write one sentence to describe their structure

Lesson 4 - 3D Objects February 23, Tuesday, 2021

Mental set:
- Songs or books/ poems to review 3D shapes’ properties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r_-1qJe-JE
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZYK83utu0

When teaching properties, have the physical 3D objects and demonstrate the faces and corners on zoom. Use
stickers or markers to show the faces that have already been counted
- Cube
- Rectangular prism
- pyramid
- Sphere
- Cylinder
- cone

Practice:
- 3D shapes BINGO game

Consolidation:
- Students show to the class what 3D figures they have found so far to its matching objects in the Bingo card
- Why do you think it is a cube? Cylinder? Cone? Sphere (encourage students to explain their thinking and
describe the 3D figures’ properties)

Lesson 5 – Spot the differences between 2D shapes & 3D objects February 24, Wednesday, 2021

Learning Objectives:
E1.1 sort 3D objects and 2D according to one attribute at a time, and identify the sorting rule being used
Mental set:
- Students look at the picture of multiple shapes and sort by attributes (e.g., what belong and what does
not belong in a group)

- Definition learning: attributes are characteristics or features of an object or shape (e.g., length, area,
 colour, texture, ability to roll)
- Definition learning: geometric prosperities: used to identify 2D shapes & 3D objects

Practice(breakout rooms):
Worksheet: Venn diagram
- Teachers will provide pictures of 2D and 3D shapes, students will need to use Venn diagram to sort and
classify those shapes by their attributes
- Write one sentence about their differences and similarities
Consolidation:
Students share their worlds and explain
- Why did you think this way?
- How do you know?

Lesson 6- building with blocks March 1 Monday, 2021

Learning Objectives:

E1.1 sort 3D objects and 2D shapes according to one attribute at a time, and identify the sorting rule being used

E1.2 Construct 3D objects and identify 2D shapes contained within structures and objects

Mental set:
- Nearpod racing game : what are the names of the shapes?
Input:
- 3D virtual tour and recognize shapes in the structure
- Introduce the building activity

Practice:
- Breakout rooms (building with blocks)

Consolidation:
Students share their worlds and explain
- What did you build?
- What are the shapes can you recognize in your structure? How do you know?
- What attribute of the shape helped you build your structure? Corner? Curved surface? Flat surface?

Lesson 7 – Measure 2D shapes & 3D figures - Length March 3, 2021

Learning Objectives:
E2.1 identify measurable attributes of two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects, including length,
area, mass, capacity, and angle
Mental set:
- Math talk: students look at the picture of multiple shapes and sort by attributes (e.g., what belong and what
 does not belong in a group)

Practice - Hands on exploration:

- Search around the house and find some shapes that are the same, they can be 2D or 3D ( square, circle,
cube, etc.)
- The teacher will give students time on the screen and instruction what to find
- Students will explore the area, volum, properties of the shapes and sort them out (smallest to biggest;
shapes with the most sides to the least sides; etc.)

Consolidation:
- Share works and explain
- Students can explain to the class what they have and why?

Lesson 8 – Preposition March 3, 2021

Learning Objectives:

E1.4 Describe relative locations of objects or people

E1.5 Give and follow directions for moving from one location to another

Mental set:
- Math talk which one doesn’t belong (look at the shapes that are different sizes)
Input:
- Introduce length of the shape (2D shapes)
Practice (breakout rooms):
- Use Jamboard to measure shapes based on the length. Teachers will provide noun standard measurement
tools, e.g., image of paper clips/stickers
- Students aline measuring tools to measure the length of the shapes and record how many stickers/paper
clips does the shape have
- Compare two shapes and circle the shape with the longer length
Consolidation (breakout rooms):
- Share works and which shape do you think with the longer length?

Lesson 9 - Measure 2D shapes & 3D figures - Capacity

Mental Set:
- nearpod game (which one is taller, longer, bigger, smaller etc…)

Input: demonstrate water filling in thin glass, wide glass etc…= showing greater or lesser capacity (3 containers)
- Have them make predictions
- Purpose is for them to observe that different objects can have lesser or greater capacities

Practice: (breakout rooms)

 - Capacity worksheet and have them explain their choice

Consolidation:
- discussion

Lesson 7- Creating 3D figures March 2, 2021

Mental set:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZYK83utu0
- Discuss: how can we create 3D figures?

Practice:(breakout rooms)
- Toothpicks/pasta/thin lego/q-tips and marshmallows/playdough (can have students make home-made
playdough beforehand) to build 3D shapes (activity) / or Origami folding/ or Drawing (3D figures)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAIAm6BF0fs

Consolidation:
- Students share structures with the class and explain what shapes/figures they have created
- Can you spot 2D shapes in your structures? What are they? Why?
- How do you know?

Sort 2D and 3D shapes March 2, Tuesday, 2021

Learning Objectives:
E1.1 sort 3D objects and 2D shapes according to one attribute at a time, and identify the sorting rule being used
Mental set:
- Math talk: students look at the picture of multiple shapes and sort by attributes (e.g., what belong and what
does not belong in a group)
Practice( breakout rooms):
- Sorting shapes using venn diagram based on their properties ( 2D/3D; have vertices; shapes don’t have
corners; shapes are flat; etc.)
Consolidation:
- Share works and explain
- What do you have? How do you know?

Lesson 10 - Sort 2D and 3D shapes March 3, Wednesday, 2021

Learning Objectives:
E1.1 sort 3D objects and 2D shapes according to one attribute at a time, and identify the sorting rule being used
Mental set:
- Math talk: students look at the picture of multiple shapes and sort by attributes (e.g., what belong and what
does not belong in a group - size)
Practice - drawing/ searching game:
- Show students one shape (2d or 3d) and ask students to draw shapes that is different than the teachers’
Consolidation:
- Share works and explain
- What do you have? why?
- How do you know they are different? Can you tell more about it?

Lesson 11 – Measure 2D shapes & 3D figures March 4, Thursday, 2021

Learning Objectives:
E2.1 identify measurable attributes of two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects, including length,
area, mass, capacity, and angle

Mental set:
- Math talk: students look at the picture of multiple shapes and sort by attributes (e.g., what belong and what
does not belong in a group)
Practice - Hands on exploration:
- Read aloud on measuring shapes using nonstandard measurement tools (paper clip, pencils, etc.)
- Use nonstandard measurement to measure 2d shapes or 3D figures around the house
Consolidation:
- What do you notice?
- Are those shapes the same length?Why or why not?
- Are there any other differences that you have noticed? (angle, color, capacity)

Lesson 13 – measure 2d and 3d shapes - length March 8, Monday, 2021

Learning Objectives:
E2.1 identify measurable attributes of two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects, including length,
area, mass, capacity, and angle
E2.2 compare several everyday objects and order them according to length, area, mass, and capacity
Mental set:
- Math talk: students look at the picture of multiple shapes and sort by attributes (e.g., what belong and what
does not belong in a group)
Practice (breakout rooms):

worksheet
Consolidation:
- Students share their works and explain why

Lesson 14 – Playing games in moving objects to one location to another March 9, Tuesday,
2021

Learning Objectives:E1. 4 & E1.5

Mental set:
- Physical activity: Mario run (or other physical movement) to practice moving to different locations
Practice:
- One student hid an object in the house and other students need to guess where is the object by asking
- Is it under the table?
- Is it on the bed?
- Is it in the drawer?
- etc.
-
Consolidation:
- Discuss which preposition appeared the most in the game?
- Share experiences

Lesson 15- Preposition March 10, Wednesday, 2021

Learning Objectives:E1. 4 & E1.5

Mental set:
- Playing climb the mountain game (Nearpod)
- Students look at the picture and choose the correct preposition
Practice(breakout rooms):
- Worksheet on preposition
Consolidation:
Wrap up game on preposition
- Draw the preposition of an apple based on the description

Lesson 16 - Calendar March 11, Thursday, 2021

E2.3 read the date on a calendar, and use a calendar to identify days, weeks, months, holidays, and seasons
Mental set:
- Songs about calendar, days of the week, months of the year
Practice (breakout rooms):
- Learn how to read a calendar on the worksheet

Consolidation:
- Shares works and explain

Lesson 17 - Wrap UP March 12, Friday, 2021

Mental set:
- Games
Practice:
 - Games
Consolidation:
- Games

Bonus Activities
- 3D figures folding sheets (will be posted on brightspace)
- Arts for Kids Hub

Calendar learning and practices - Throughout

E2.3 read the date on a calendar, and use a calendar to identify days, weeks, months, holidays, and seasons
Mental set:
- Show students the calendar of the month February and explain how to look at it
Practice:
- Star of the day
- Students who is the star of the day will fill out the calendar at the beginning of the class starts (What day is it
today, which month, year are we in)
- What is the weather today? Are there any holidays?

Consolidation:
- Discuss in the group about the date, month, and year of today