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Paint - Building a Staircase - PR-III.1.4 and PR-I.3.5

Math
Yes

Technology
Yes

Description
Students will use Paint (Paintbrush) to "build" a staircase after estimating how many cubes are needed.

LessonPlan
Yes

Tech Skills
Paint tools, copy, edit, copy, paste, click and drag

Software
Paint (Windows 95) or Paintbrush (Windows 3.11)

EarlyYears
Yes

MiddleYears
Yes

SubmittedBy
Keith J. Berg

Acknowledgments
Peggy Hill's "Patterning Unit - Grade 4" (June/91)

Email: kberg@wsd1.org

Details

This activity is filed in one Paint file, "staircas.bmp", and should be filed in a shared, read-only directory on the server, such as WSD's S:\2Student\. If you wish to download this file, click on this link staircas.bmp.

After launching Paint and opening the file, the teacher should review how to select a cube or cubes with a selection tool and how to copy and paste that selection.  Have the students read the problem and re-state it in their own words.  Students should ma
ke a prediction for how many cubes will be needed to solve the problem.  If possible, they should complete the table. 

Using Paint's tools along with copy/paste, drag/drop, the students should "build" the staircase to confirm their prediction or to help them solve the problem.