Lesson 17
Connecting Cube Sculptures (optional)
Lesson Purpose
Lesson Narrative
This lesson is optional because it does not address any new mathematical content standards. This lesson does provide students with an opportunity to apply precursor skills of mathematical modeling (MP4). In previous lessons, students counted collections of objects and represented how they counted. In this lesson students continue to build these skills. Students practice answering “how many” questions without recounting the group of objects. In the first activity, students count a collection of connecting cubes in a way that makes sense to them. In the second activity, they build using the connecting cubes and share what they made and how many connecting cubes they used with their group.
- Action and Expression
- MLR8
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Answer “how many” questions.
- Count collections of objects.
Student Facing
- Let’s build with connecting cubes and figure out how many we have.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Required Preparation
Lesson Timeline
Warm-up | 10 min |
Activity 1 | 20 min |
Activity 2 | 25 min |
Lesson Synthesis | 5 min |