Minds On

Structures I build

Student Success

Think-Pair-Share

Do you like to build? What materials do you use when you build?

Record your thoughts.

If possible, share your thoughts with a partner.

As you work through this learning activity, you can record your ideas in many ways.

Access the following audio recording to learn more about how to record your ideas.

How to Record Your Ideas

Action

Let’s build!

Materials Needed

Materials needed

You will need these materials for this activity:

  • blocks or something to stack
  • dice or cube with numbers
  • boxes

Let’s play the I am a Builder! game.

Press the following tabs to access how to play the game.

Start by building a structure using 3 cubes, blocks, boxes, containers, or something around your learning space that can stack. You will be building more towers.

Try It

Try it out

To decide how high to stack your items, roll a die, or a numbered cube made with a box and dots.

You can use the number cards below or call out a number between 1 and 10.

The number you roll is the number of items you need to use in that tower.

A die showing five and five blocks stacked on top of one another.

Each time you create a new tower, count to check if it has more, less, or the same number of cubes as the first one you built with 3 items.

Record how many items each tower has using numbers, symbols, or pictures.

Number one with one car, number two with two bananas, number three with three fire trucks, number four with four books, number five with five apples, number six with six pens, number seven with seven cats, number eight with eight blocks, number nine with nine cups, and number ten with ten dogs.

Pause and Reflect

Pause and reflect

How many structures did you build?

Which tower was the tallest?

Take a picture of your tallest tower, draw a picture, or describe your tower for a partner.

Consolidation

Counting what I build

How many buildings could you create using your materials?

Use this checklist to help you answer this question.

How many buildings can I create?

Draw a picture, write a sentence about your structures, or take a photo of your buildings.

If possible, share with a partner.

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity? Press the button next to the sentence that matches how you feel.

I feel…