I thought it would be interesting to follow the idea of math and how it applies to the world around the students. One assignment that my sons loved was finding shapes hidden around the house. This was like a really fun treasure hunt for them. For them, the assignment was done almost too quickly and their papers were filled with all the places they found circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares. The assignment reinforced the shapes they had already learned and it helped connect the idea that the world is made up of shapes. Further, this activity also began to show that shapes can make up 3-dimensional objects that they would learn about later.
In looking for other activities to help students solidify their understanding of shapes I ran across this neat worksheet:
What I liked about this worksheet was that it engages the student to use their higher cognitive thinking skills rather than just identifying what shape is presented and could be used as a check in to see that the students have a concrete understanding of shapes.
Math Joke of the Week:
What kind of tree does a math teacher climb? Geometry.
Sophia, I really enjoyed this post. I love that you took an assignment your children worked on to stimulate an idea we all too often forget; that we must relate the things we are teaching our students to real life situations. This was a great depiction of this. The worksheet was short and to the point and I have saved it as a tool to possibly use for my students as I agree it can help us to understand if basic shape knowledge has been attained.
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