Plan a whole group lesson. The lesson should be 10 to 15 minutes long, and should address the basic concepts of three-dimensional shapes. The lesson should present information about vocabulary related to three-dimensional shapes, including face, vertex and edges. The lesson should also discuss different three-dimensional shapes, such as cubes, spheres, cones and cylinders.
Plan an activity for the group that needs more support in learning about three-dimensional shapes. Place a mix of two- and three-dimensional shapes, such as triangles, circles, squares, cubes, spheres and cones in a bag and instruct students to sort the two- and three-dimensional shapes and, if possible, identify the names of the shapes.
Plan an activity to meet the needs of students who have previous experience with two-dimensional shapes. Distribute a worksheet that has various three-dimensional shapes listed, including cubes, spheres, cones and cylinders. Direct students to label the faces, vertices and edges of each shape.
Plan an activity for the students that are already able to identify three-dimensional shapes and that need more extension for the activity. Distribute a worksheet to students that has various three-dimensional shapes displayed, which include cubes, spheres, cones and cylinders. Instruct students to count how many faces, vertices and edges each shape has. A further extension of this activity can be for students to write a riddle that lists the characteristics of an unknown three-dimensional shape. The students can take turns solving each other's riddles.