5/24/10

May 24th, 2010

DON’T WRITE THIS PART – DRAW IT!
What is the shape of an object that has 4 sides, a length of 5 cm, and a width of 3 centimeters?

WRITE THIS PART
What is the shape’s perimeter? What is the area of the shape?

Packages and Polygons Book

Page 1
1. Sort by material, sort by shape, sort by type

2. Boxes and cans are easy to stack. Some objects might be designed to look nice like a perfume bottle.

Page 2

3a. The cylinders all have circles on the top and bottom.

3b. Truncated means cut off.

3c. Each of the prisms has at least two sides that are the same size and same shape.

3d. All the sides of a pyramid except the bottom come together in one point. The edges of the bottom side always stay at the same distance from the point at the top. A pyramid always has triangle-shaped sides, except the bottom. A prism has rectangle-shaped sides, except the top and bottom sides.

3e. A pyramid looks like a cone with flat sides.

PAGE 3

4a. Box of chalk, cereal box, index card box

4b.Box for a volley ball

4c. soda can, soup can

4d. orange, grapefruit

4e. ice cream cone, party hat

4f. yogurt container, megaphone

4g. light bulb box, cereal box

4h. candy, puzzle box

PAGE 4

6a. sphere

6b. rectangular prism

6c. prism

6d. cylinder, half a sphere on top

6e. prism

6f. cylinder

6g. truncated cone

6h. cone

6i. prism

6j. pyramid