Have students make their own symmetric designs. Have students trace the lines of symmetry. Read book The Goat in the Rug by Charles Blood and have students create their own rug design using symmetry. Restate that figures with matching halves have symmetry, and remind students that some figures have more than one line of symmetry. Trace the lines of symmetry of a shape.
Share designs with the class.
Context-Embedded Context Reduced Students make their own symmetric design with construction paper. Define symmetry for the teacher or another student. Make a symmetric rug design.