Wyoming Math K.G.4
The Standard
Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and attributes.
2023 Wyoming Mathematics Content and Performance Standards · Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare flat drawings with solid objects. They describe what looks alike and what differs, using words such as straight, curved, corner, and flat.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that a cube has square faces like a square drawing, but the cube is solid. They can compare a ball and a cube by describing their surfaces and corners.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call a ball a circle or a cube a square because they notice only one view. Some see one square face on a cube and miss the others.
How to Assess It
- Show a square drawing and a cube block, then ask, "How are they alike and different?" Listen for square faces and flat versus solid.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a paper square, a cube block, a paper circle, and a ball; have them sort by flat or solid and explain one match.
Show a ball and a circle drawing; ask, "What looks alike, and what can your hands feel that's different?"
Play mystery shape: hide a ball, cube block, circle card, or square card in a bag and give two clues before classmates guess.
Trace a soup can's base onto paper, then ask students to compare the circle drawing with the can.
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