Grade 2 Unit 6
Lesson 6: Compose and Decompose Shapes
CC BY 2021 Illustrative Mathematics
Grade 2 Unit 6
Lesson 6: Compose and Decompose Shapes
CC BY 2021 Illustrative Mathematics

What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
Mai used pattern blocks to make this design. Work with a partner to make the same design without using any yellow hexagons.
What is the same? What is different?

Compose 3 different shapes using 2, 3, or 4 of the same equal-size shape.
Show the outline of each block on the grid paper.
Name each shape and explain how you composed it.
1. I used
2. I used
3. I used
Circle the shapes that are composed of only equal-size smaller shapes.
Choose 1 shape that you circled and describe the shapes that compose it.
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