Math K-7 IRP Shape and Space (3-D Objects and 2-D Shapes)

Students use numbers to describe quantities. They represent numbers in multiple ways.


Prescribed Learning Outcomes Illustrated Examples

It is expected that students will:
  • design and construct nets for pyramids and prisms
  • -> Troy found there are 12 different nets that fold to make a cube. He concluded that a 3-D object will have twice as many nets as it has faces. Choose one pyramid and one prism. Find as many nets as possible for each. Is Troy correct?

  • relate nets to three-dimensional objects
  • -> A net has five faces. What object might it produce when folded? Use drawings in your explanation.

  • compare and contrast pyramids and prisms to describe a relationship
  • -> Count the faces, vertices and edges for each of these prisms. Is there a pattern?


  • identify and sort specific quadrilaterals, such as squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids
  • -> Name each quadrilateral.



    Sort the quadrilaterals using these rules:

    • parallel sides
    • all right angles
    • all parallel sides and a right angle
    • more than one pair of parallel sides and a right angle

  • classify angles in a variety of orientations according to whether they are right angle, less than a right angle, or greater than a right angle
  • -> Demonstrate how to use a scrap of paper to create a right angle. Use your right angle to locate classroom objects with examples of the following angles:
    • an angle that is less than right
    • an angle that is greater than right
    • a right angle

  • recognize, draw, and name the following: point, line, parallel lines, and intersecting lines
  • -> Take a black and white picture from a magazine, newspaper, or colouring book. Do each of the following:
    • find a vertical line and colour it green
    • find a horizontal line and colour it blue
    • find two other lines that are perpendicular and colour them red
    • find two different lines that are parallel and colour them orange
    • find a point not already coloured and colour it purple
    • find two lines that intersect and colour them yellow

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