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1st grade math · Unit 8: Shapes, halves, and fourths

Not every box is a cube

What this lesson shows

Fixes a mistake

A cube’s faces are all squares. A cereal box is a rectangular prism.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: cereal box (question 1). Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Look at every face
  2. All squares: a cube
  3. Rectangles: a rectangular prism

Helping at home

Look at every face. A cube's faces are all squares the same size. If some faces are rectangles, it is a rectangular prism.

If your kid gets stuck

Are all the faces squares?

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core 1.G.A.1
    Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.
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