AHA…they are all symmetrical! Enjoy today’s work with symmetry and check back tomorrow…
Building Symmetry on PhotoPeach
AHA…they are all symmetrical! Enjoy today’s work with symmetry and check back tomorrow…
Building Symmetry on PhotoPeach
Today’s math lesson focused on turns and angles. Children first practiced moving their bodies in quarter, half and three-quarter turns both clockwise and counterclockwise. We then discussed that a quarter turn has a special name called a right angle. It looks like the letter L or the corner of a piece of paper-no matter which direction it’s turned. Finally, we practiced turns and angles at the build it station and at the skill it station.
Today we worked on quadrangles. Quadrangle is just the fancy math term for
shapes with 4 angles. We learned that a quadrangle can have many names, not even counting the names you can name a shape that is labelled with letters. A quadrangle can also be called a quadrilateral (a shape with 4 sides). It can also be called a polygon (a many sided figure). Besides having it’s own name such as rhombus, square, rectangle, trapezoid, kite, etc., if a quadrangle has opposite sides parallel, it can be called a parallelogram. So when you look at our creations, you should notice that there are 4 quadrangles or 4 quadrilaterals or 4 polygons, but only 3 parallelograms! Can you tell which quadrangle is NOT a parallelogram?
Photos and shapes created by the Pentagons (Jayden, Draven, Chloe, and Madason).
Fables Reader’s Theater on PhotoPeach
In the build it center, children worked on triangles. They practiced naming their triangle with three letters, as well as labelling the important parts of a triangle: the vertex (or vertices), the angles and the sides. Please check out the math links for 2 great triangle songs. Pictures by Trevor and Alexis M.
Parallel and Intersecting Lines on PhotoPeach
Native American Unit on PhotoPeach
Can-struction! on PhotoPeach