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Use a set-square to draw right angles and to identify right angles in 2D shapes; compare angles with a right angle;

recognise that a straight line is equivalent to two right angles (Objective repeated In Block B Unit 3 and Block D Units 2 & 3)
Use a clock and move the hands to show the movement made by the minute hand relative to the number 12, for example, when it is quarter past or quarter to, the minute hand turns through a right angle relative to the hour, the minute hard has turned through two right angles relative to the number 12. How much more must I turn? Remind the children that a right angle is a square corner, ask them to find right angles in the classroom or on a poster (partner work). Look for acute and obtuse angles, introducing correct vocabulary and comparing angles to a right angle sort angles into less than 90 degrees, 90 degrees and more than 90 degrees. Could record this in tabular form. Geo strips are a useful resource. Show children how to draw a right angle using a set square, or a ruler work. Use a corner of a piece of paper as a right angle to decide if an angle is greater or less than 90 degrees. On a poster or picture, pairs of children choose five shapes, tabulating the number or interior angles that are greater or smaller than 90 degrees, or are right angles. Start to estimate the size of angles (it looks like half a right angle so it must be about 45 degrees) This could lead to protractors Revise previous work on right angles. Use dotted paper to work with a partner on drawing right angles they can see in class. Add notes to help remember what they have seen. After a few minutes of activities, share some findings. Let this lead to different orientations of right angles. Give another opportunity to find more right angles in other parts of school. Use geo strips or a corner of paper as a check if appropriate. Look at pictures 9 tents strips, various shapes and mark right angles on them. Demonstrate on the board how to use a set square. Talk about the size of the angle the set square is allowing you to draw. Q: Which shapes will the set square help us to draw? Model their responses to confirm or reject. Ask the children to draw a square 20cm x 20 cm using a set square. Set them the challenge: How many squares can you draw inside your 20 x 20 square? Use the set square to draw each square. Q: Can you count each square you have drawn? Q: If you started with a bigger square would you be able to draw more squares? Alternative activity: Draw a 20cm x 20 cm square using a set square Draw a second square inside the 1st square at 45 to the first square. e.g.

Repeat using same questions as above. Draw a table on the board right angles 3 sides 4 sides 5 sides Using a variety of flat shapes and real objects, model to the children how using a set square can help them sort the objects into the table. Give small groups of children copies of the table, drawn on large sheets of paper, and a range of shapes and real shapes to sort. Ask them to find additional shapes around the classroom that fit each of the criteria on the table. Can they add an additional row into the table, label it and find examples of objects which do and dont have right angles for their chosen criteria? Ask the children: If we didnt have a set square how could we identify if something is a right angle? Allow 2 minutes to discuss with a partner. Take feedback. Explain to the children that one approach can be to put 2 angles together and see if they make a straight line. Demonstrate by putting 2 squares together. Repeat with 2 rectangles. Hold up a right-angled triangle with the right angle at the top and a square. Point to the right angle in the triangle and the corner of the square. Ask children to vote whether these angles would make a straight line when put together. If children think no, question their reasoning and clarify any misconceptions. Demonstrate they make a straight line. Give children a range of 2D shapes and a square. Ask children to put the corners of the shapes next to the square and identify which shapes have right angles and which dont. If possible, ask children to identify which shapes, when put with a right angle, go beyond a straight line and which dont reach a straight line. Ask: If they go beyond a straight line, what can you tell me about the angle size? If they dont reach a straight line, what can you tell me about the angle size? Can you find 2 shapes which when their corners are put together and then put with a square, make a straight line? not right angles

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