Shape Decomposer with Imagery

Decomposes shapes flexibly using independently generated imagery. That is, decomposition is intentionally specified by the child.  

Activities

You may see this:

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Other Examples:

  • To break apart a square, the child may say that a cut needs to be made from angle to angle to make two right triangles.
  • Given hexagons, can break one or more apart to make shapes such as trapezoids and triangles.

Help your student become a(n) Shape Decomposer with Imagery

These activities ask children to plan a decomposition, by describing or drawing it, so they have to imagine the decomposition before they carry it out.

Special Thanks To

Institute of Education Sciences
The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through grant numbers R305K050157, R305A120813, R305A110188, and R305A150243. to the University of Denver. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.