Monday, November 11, 2013

Math Skills Block Happenings

Recently in math skills block, students have been focusing on math standards that requires them to be able to compose, decompose, analyze and classify shapes using angles and sides.  Students have been enjoying working with Tangrams.  Tangrams are a Chinese geometric puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces that can be arranged to make various other shapes.  Students had to manipulate the pieces by sliding, flipping and turning them in order to get them to fit into a new arrangements.
This is an example of the Tangram puzzles with which the students have been working.
In our closing sessions, we have focused on the congruent and similar shapes, different angles (acute, obtuse, and right), parallel sides, and many other attributes! We will have a short quiz on these concepts on Friday.  Students can review these concepts by visiting the following sites:
Slides, Flips and Turns 
Congruent and Similar Practice
Angles Practice

8 comments:

  1. We'll take a look at these websites! Looks like fun! Denice and Kyle

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  2. Alexandra loves making shapes with tangrams!!

    Keith Fisher (Alexandra's Dad)

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  3. This is so great! We love your blog!
    John & Laura

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  5. I love tangrams Brooks

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  6. math skills block happenings love, madeline

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  7. this is so fun emma

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