Understanding Volume Using Counting Cubes

Subject: Geometry, Math

Type: 1 Lesson Plan

Skills:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of math in cubic units, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively
• Create solid shapes using counting cubes with specific volumes
• Calculate volume of a shape by counting cubes.
• Practice volume creation and calculations (stacking cubes and creating landmarks or buildings using cubes)
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine instructional next steps

Materials Needed:

• Blank paper
• Pencil, crayons/colored pencils
• Document camera or whiteboard
• Counting cubes (or if available, sugar cubes) (at least 30-40 per pair of 2 students)

   

Printable Resources:

• Student Resources:
  • “Exit Slips” (1 copy per student)
  •  “Volume Cubed” (1 copy per student)
  • "Isometric Dot Paper” (1 copy per student)
  • 3 “Stacking Cubes” worksheets (1 copy per student)
• Teacher Resources:
  • Exit Slips” Answer Key (1 copy for Teacher)
  • "Volume Cubed” Answer Key (1 copy per student)
  • “How to Draw a Cubic Centimeter” (1 copy for display)
  • “Stacking Cubes” Answer Key (1 copy for Teacher)

CCSS: 5.MD.3, MP1, MP2, & MP4

File Type: PDF