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Flat and solid shapes
Textbook Part 1, pp. 12–13
GoalTell flat shapes from solid shapes and name them.
New words
flat shape · yassi shaklsolid shape · hajmli shaklsphere · sharcube · kubcylinder · silindrcone · konuspyramid · piramida
Explanation
Flat shapes can be drawn on paper: circle, oval, square, triangle, rhombus, rectangle. Solid shapes can be held in your hand and take up space: sphere (ball), cube (dice), cylinder (glass), cone (ice-cream cone), pyramid, cuboid (box).
Worked examples
A ball is a sphere; its shadow is a circle.
Each face of a cube is a square.
Class activity
Put different objects on a table (ball, box, glass, toy block). Children sort them into two groups: “rolls” and “does not roll”.
Practice
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A watermelon looks like which shape: sphere or cube?
Sphere
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What shape does a matchbox look like?
Cuboid (rectangular box)
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Is a triangle a flat or a solid shape?
Flat
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We built a tower in 2 rows: 3 cubes at the bottom, 2 on top. How many cubes in all?
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