Sharing the experiences of lifelong learners…
The students have been sorting shapes and discussing their properties. First they went on a shape hunt and sorted pictures of 2 dimensional shapes they took on their walk. This week they looked at similarities and differences between 3 dimensional shapes using shape nets. They wondered if the shapes can roll, stack and slide.
The cylinder and sphere can roll.
The cube has squares and the cuboid has rectangles.
The students have been exploring and learning about shapes. They have enjoyed creating shapes and using them in their artwork. We used Geoboards and rubber bands to create pictures using the shapes we know. We also used an interactive Gerobaord online. The app can be dowloaded from here.
The students have been exploring 3 dimensional shapes in their environment. They have also been copying and repeating patterns using Geo shapes. They used stamps to record the patterns on paper.
Centres around the classroom encouraged students to explore 3 dimensional shapes using other concepts such as measurement (weight) and space.
How heavy is the egg?
Can you fill in the pattern?
Can you make the picture?
Students went on a shape hunt to look for 2 and 3 dimensional shapes in their environment. They took pictures and recorded their information on paper. They used tally marks and sorted their pictures to organise their information.
We have been exploring 2 and 3 dimensional shapes in our environment. A group of students went on a shape hunt, another traced shapes to make a picture and one group made their own ‘Shapeasaurus‘ using shapes. How many shapes did you use? Can you make a graph using this information?
Another group of students created a picture using 2 dimensional shapes. They used their words to talk about their picture.
