We began our study of geometry with a story and exploration of the tangram puzzle. Last week, we learned about 3-dimensional shapes and their faces, edges and corners (vertices). We explored tessellation during a students-vs-teacher game (I won...and I never win against the Cedars :). This week, we will explore fractions (1/2, 1/6, 1/3 and equivalency and addition of) and the idea of "area" in a whole group game. We will continue to look at the relationships between shapes and properties of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes.
Later in the week, we will use geoboards to explore the properties of triangles.
