Plans and Elevations | I Do, We Do, You Do | Year 9 Maths print-free LESSON

Teach plans and elevations through a print-free Year 9 maths lesson built around I Do, We Do, You Do. This editable PowerPoint combines clear cube diagrams, guided modelling, differentiated practice, assessment for learning and misconceptions. Project the tasks while pupils sketch views, record answers and explain their reasoning in exercise books or on mini-whiteboards.

The lesson develops the connection between a three-dimensional solid and its plan, front elevation and side elevation. Pupils identify viewing directions, account for hidden cubes and use height grids to describe supported stacks. They move from drawing views to changing solids and reasoning about what can, and cannot, be determined from the information given.

WHAT IS INCLUDED
• A 103-slide editable PowerPoint with questions and answers.
• Retrieval and prerequisite checks to activate relevant knowledge.
• Key language supported by diagrams and explanations.
• Six modelling prompts with corresponding solutions.
• Assessment-for-learning question and answer slides.
• Minimally different practice with matched answer slides.
• Developing, Secure and Greater Depth task banks.
• An optional one-page whole-class practice selection.
• A Super Challenge with diagrams, height grids and reasoning.

I DO, WE DO, YOU DO
Use the modelling sequence to demonstrate a method, discuss a related example and move towards independent work. The diagram-based prompts leave space for teacher annotation. Corresponding solutions support discussion of orientation and hidden structure.

DIFFERENTIATED PRACTICE
Developing questions ask pupils to draw three views and count cubes. Secure questions change a solid by removing a specified stack, then ask pupils to reconsider its views and cube count. Greater Depth tasks reverse the process: pupils use given views to investigate minimum and maximum cube totals and represent possible arrangements with height grids.

The separate practice slides are retained alongside a one-page selection, giving teachers a choice of presentation. Minimally different pairs change one cube so pupils can focus on the effect of a small structural change. The Super Challenge asks pupils to find every possible cube total for a set of views and justify why their list is complete.

AFL AND MISCONCEPTIONS
Use the checks to expose confusion between a plan and an elevation, incorrect viewing directions and assumptions that every cube is visible. Compare answers, revisit the diagrams and ask pupils to explain why different solids can share the same views. Solutions support feedback and correction during the lesson.

PRINT-FREE AND FLEXIBLE
No pupil worksheets need printing. Use the full sequence across lessons or select tasks for teaching, consolidation and revision. Editable slides let you adapt the pace and emphasis for your class. Squared exercise books can support accurate sketches.