The stidebts went to each station and tried this with a variety of materials. Check out their creations below! (There are 4 sets of photos.)
The students were given a task: build a circle, triangle, square, and rectangle with the materials you’re given. The purpose of this is to get them to think critically about HOW each shape is formed. They asked themselves important questions such as: How many pieces do I need to make this shape? How will I connect each piece (thinking about the angles of squares and rectangles versus triangles)? How will I know if I’m making a square and not a rectangle? Am I able to make a round shape? The stidebts went to each station and tried this with a variety of materials. Check out their creations below! (There are 4 sets of photos.)
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There’s much more to learning about 2D shapes outside of learning their names! The students tried to create 2D shapes, and explored creating other shapes, using Geoboards. I also taught the students how to draw each shape. Triangles can be difficult because diagonal lines are the last for children to achieve developmentally. Keep reading below, there’s more! Then, students played “Say it, Make it, Draw it!” with a partner. One student rolled a die with different shapes drawn on it. They named the shape then made it on the Geoboard. They are partnered, had to draw it on the white board. Then, they switched roles. On Friday, the students who earned the fun run reward to silly string Mr. Youanes got their chance! We all had a great time! The students began learning about how they can read with a buddy during partnership reading! As we learn more and more about what readers do, the students have been working to read for longer periods of time. To help them accomplish this, I’ve put together book boxes for every student to have one. They choose a book box at the start of Readers Workshop and select books from that box to read. There’s a wide variety of non-fiction, Star books, fictional stories, easy readers, and books with family or characters. The students used red and blue squares on their math trays to make different sets. We practiced saying the corresponding addition equation, too! The students used a magnifying glass to match really small pictures to larger pictures in their “science notebooks.” The second graders in Mrs. Summers’ class wrote books about how to show appropriate OAKS behavior in different places throughout the building. They shared their books with the students in our class. Thank you, second graders! |
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