Week Beginning 13th November 2016

Week 10: 3D Shape and Fractions

Warm Up:
Properties of 3D shapes
At tables: selection of 3D shapes both
regular and irregular. Ask a child to secretly
choose one of the shapes and say one of its
properties, one at time.
Chn discuss in group which it might be. The
first group to correctly guess the shape
scores a point. Repeat with other chn.

Give out a copy of a net of a cube

Discuss which sides will be opposite one
another BEFORE folding up
Mark on opposites with a/a b/b and c/c
Cut up the cube and see if you were correct.
If you were, colour in opposites using the
same colour pencil. Youll need three
different coloured pencils

Which of these nets will make a cube?

If you finish:
Draw as many nets as you can that would
make an open cube, i.e. one without a lid.
Use paper to test them out as well.

Warm Up:
Lowest common multiples
Work in pairs to roll a pair of 16 dice.
Find the lowest common multiple of the two
numbers rolled.
How many can you find in five minutes?

There are lots of sorts of pyramids, with

different 2D shapes on their bases, and
there are lots of different prisms, with
different 2D shapes at each end.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry
/3d_prisms.html
.
What do prisms have in common?
Draw out that the two end faces are the
same; they are polygons as they have
straight sides, and are joined by rectangles
(which could include squares).
Remember that a cuboid is a special sort of
prism and a cube a very special prism!

http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry
/3d_pyramids.html
.
What do pyramids have in common?
They have a polygon as one face and
triangles as the other faces.
Work with a partner to sketch a net for a
hexagonal-based pyramid.
Share chns sketches.
Rpt for a hexagonal prism.

Look at:
http://www.korthalsaltes.com/index.html of
different polyhedra.
Choose a polyhedron to make, other than one
they have already made and print out the
net for their chosen shape.
Afterwards write a description of your
polyhedron.
Well use your shapes and descriptions to
form a display.

x
2
8
6
11
9
3
5
10
4
7

11

10

/8

Which do you think is bigger?

Can you persuade us?
Lets write both fractions as 1/8s.
5

Which is the biggest out of 5/6, 2/3 and 7/12?

/6

Which do you think is bigger?

Lets prove this by writing them as the same
sort of fraction.
5

Repeat with 5/6 and 7/9, writing both as 1/18s

Fractions with bigger denominators

(numbers on the bottom) are bigger.
Do you think thats right? Discuss with your
partner.

Warm Up: Turn improper fractions into

mixed numbers & vice versa
Shuffle 19 digit cards
Take two to make an improper fraction, then
write as a mixed number.
How many can we find in 3 minutes?
Now take three cards to make a mixed
number, e.g. 13/7. Write this as an improper
fraction. How many can we write in 3 mins?

+
Remember we cant order or add fractions
with different denominators.
Rewrite the fraction sum and find the total!
How can we write that as a mixed number?

/3 + 5/6

What do we do this time?

Write the answer as a mixed number, then
simplify.
+ 2/3
+ 2/5
2/3 + 2/5