We will start a new unit on Shapes this week. We will recognize and draw triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons. The focus will be on identifying the shapes by the number of sides and angles. In this unit we will also learn to partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths.
Some questions we will answer during this unit are:
1. How are geometric shapes classified?
2. What atributes are important in defining a category of shapes?
3. What are equal shares? Why must they be equal?
Here is an Animoto I will show the kids to introduce the shapes in isolation and in the real world.
Fantastic video! I can't wait to share this video with my 2nd graders! They will be inspired to look at their world through the lens of shape!
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We can't find the video about shapes. Can you help us? Serena says: "It's really cool!"
ReplyDeleteHello Doyle family. Thanks for checking out the blog! The video should be right below the text about the shapes unit. You should be able to get it to play by clicking on the triangle. Let me know if you still can't see it.
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