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Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to build “one more.” Hunt for different shapes within a picture. Describe and use attributes of shapes to tell if two shapes are the same. Match everyday objects with their shape.

Math Mights was adapted from IM K-5 Math™ ©2021 by Illustrative Mathematics® , released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Additions and adaptations are ©2021 by Strategic Intervention Solutions, LLC

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