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Shape Up!

Complex Instruction Overview
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Complex Instruction Unit

Created by Katie Burgess & Hannah Deaton

  • Grade level: 1st
  • Math topic: Shapes (names & attributes)

Children work together to identify shapes by name and then piece them together to create a larger shape.

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“solving world problems” is a pun on the way that word problems in math often have little to do with students’ real worlds. This site provides resources for engaging every student in math & for connecting math to issues that matter.

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