Before using the pattern blocks and three-dimensional solids for specific tasks, we always play first...
It's always amazing to hear the meaningful conversations students have with each other when they are playing.
'Hey...can you pass me that sphere?'
'Look, all these cans are cylinders.'
'We built with the hexagons and they used mostly trapezoids.'
'This is all made with cubes.'
When given a bit of direction and a list of important vocabulary the conversations
became more sophisticated.
'The triangular prism is on top of the cube.'
'There is a rectangular prism on the right and another one on the left.'
'This is the stable where Jesus was born. I used two mini cubes
to build Mary and Joseph and just one mini cube for baby Jesus.'
'This is a skateboard park. The ramp is a triangular prism.'
Please see the title page in your child's math duotang for the list of expectations for each grade for our new Geometry unit. We will be continuing to practice addition and subtraction facts on a regular basis during this unit as well.
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