Pattern Blocks
Many shapes can be made by putting other shapes together. Use the pattern blocks at the Web site below to make some shapes into new shapes.
First, use the triangles to create a rhombus and a hexagon. Click on the triangle button to add it to the workspace. From there, you can click and drag to move the shape. You can also click and hold any corner to drag it and rotate the shape. If more room is needed, click on zoom out to make your shapes smaller.
After you have created the 2 shapes listed, make 1 more shape of your own using any of the pattern blocks. Draw each shape on a piece of paper, making each pattern block you used a different color and tell how you created it.
| Lesson Name: Pattern Blocks | |
| Objective: Students will use triangle pattern blocks to create a rhombus and a hexagon. They will also create 1 shape of their own and explain how they made it. | |
| Grade: (3-5) | Lesson Login: blocks-a |
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Additional disciplines: Computer Skills ELA The Arts |
Materials: Computer with Internet access Paper Colored pencils, crayons |
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For AIS instruction, this lesson has been modified as follows: In the directions, the student has been asked to create a rhombus and a hexagon only. They have also been asked to create one shape of their own instead of two. Click here for the original version of this lesson. | |
