2D and 3D shapes

We ended our shape unit right before spring break however I realized that I never posted these pictures! I am very proud of all the students in the class! They made 3D models of a cube with mini marshmallows and tooth picks. What surprised me was that NONE of them needed my help. Then later on in the week student made a 3D shape model of a pyramid. I had paper pre-cut and perforated so that it was easier students then I gave them some tape. This model was harder for students to complete which surprised me however, once they finished their models they were excited and proud of themselves. I just had to hang these models up in the classroom. We ended the shape unit with our 3D shape sort and it went really well. Thank you parents and families for sending in supplies for this activity. Without your help it would have been hard to put this all together.

What's Up In Math??

In math over the last couple of weeks we have been learning about shapes! To begin the unit we first did a shape hunt around the school. I posted pictures of a circle, rhombus, rectangle, square, triangle, star, heart, hexagon, and oval around the school's multipurpose room. Then students were assigned a partner. Together with their partner students had to find each hidden shape and check it off on their check list.

Later on in the week students practiced making shapes in shaving cream. Each day I tried to incorporate activities for each type of student learner such as multi-sensory, visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. We also listened to a shape song by Have Fun Teaching.

To complete the introduction to the new unit on shapes we made Angry Bird shapes.

We made shapes out of popsicle sticks that had Velcro on them

 

 We made shapes with rubber bands on a pegboard.

And we followed the directions on a glyph in order to make our own shape monster.