Stand firmly.
GRADE-1 MATH · SHAPES3 min
Four 3D shapes hide inside your blocks
Meet four 3D shape friends!
Today we meet cuboid, cube, cylinder, and sphere, and find them in daily life.
📦 Cuboid🧊 Cube🥫 Cylinder⚽ Sphere
WARM-UP · SORT5 min
Feel, roll, and sort
Which blocks stand still, and which roll away?
Rolls when pushed.
Show a ball and a box; ask children which rolls when pushed.
TEACH · CUBOID/CUBE6 min
Cuboid varies; cube is all square
Which one is all square, with equal faces?
Like a pencil case, a book.
Like a die, a Rubik cube.
What shape is a Rubik cube?
TEACH · CYLINDER/SPHERE6 min
Cylinder has round ends; sphere rolls everywhere
Which one rolls the best?
Like a can, a candle.
Like a ball, a globe. Rolls any way.
Experiment: push a ball and a can on the desk; see which rolls farther.
PRACTICE · FRIENDS6 min
What shape are things in the classroom?
A water cup is a cylinder—who does it match?
A straight cup looks like which shape?
ACTIVITY · BUILD6 min
Walls from cuboids, roof from a ball—build a castle
Which way of building is steadiest?
What should go at the bottom for a steady tower?
REVIEW · COUNT5 min
How many shapes hide in the little house?
How many cuboids and cylinders did we use?
🏠📦📦 wall: 2 cuboids🥫 chimney: 1 cylinder
Tell a partner: which shapes did your castle use, and how many of each?
SUMMARY · HOMEWORK3 min
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Today we met
Cuboid, cube, cylinder, sphere—and spot them in real life.
Four 3D shapes.
Flat faces down for a steady build.
Homework: find 3 things at home and say which shape they look like.