{"id":1366,"date":"2009-07-15T13:57:20","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T18:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1366"},"modified":"2009-07-15T13:57:20","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T18:57:20","slug":"geometry-resources-for-fourth-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/07\/15\/geometry-resources-for-fourth-grade\/","title":{"rendered":"Geometry Resources for Fourth Grade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Most of the\u00a0books recommended here highlight recognition of geometric shapes.\u00a0\u00a0All of them have a cross-curricular connection with social studies, science or art.\u00a0\u00a0 One of the web\u00a0activities for\u00a0students\u00a0focuses on identifying polygons.\u00a0 The rest promote visualization and spatial relationship abilities.<\/p>\n

Books with a Geometry Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In A Triangle for Adaora<\/em>, by Ifeoma Onyefulu, a boy promises to find his young cousin a triangle.\u00a0 In their search, they come across many shapes, including oval-shaped cowrie shells, crescent-shaped plantains, and a square colander made of woven coconut palms.\u00a0 Illustrated with the author’s photographs, this book provides a wonderful tour of\u00a0everyday life in a small African village.\u00a0 Great math-social studies connection.\u00a0\u00a0Locate.<\/a><\/p>\n

A greedy, materialistic\u00a0king covets the beautiful quilts that a generous quiltmaker only gives to the needy in this fable by author Jeff Brumbeau.\u00a0 Will the king find happiness once he finally owns one of the special quilts?\u00a0 The Quiltmaker’s Gift <\/em>is densely illustrated with Gail de Marcken’s bright, detailed watercolors. I look forward to incorporating this\u00a0book and my great-grandmother’s quilts into a lesson on geometric shapes.\u00a0 Locate.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nature-loving children will enjoy Icky Bug Shapes <\/em>by Jerry Pallotta.\u00a0\u00a0Each shape is introduced by industrious leafcutter ants and illustrated by various insects.\u00a0 There are plenty of insect facts for the science-lover.\u00a0 The realistic drawings by Shennen Bersani make these bugs interesting and not icky at all.\u00a0 Locate.<\/a><\/p>\n

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This book had me dreaming about sending my future students on a shape scavenger hunt around our local art museum.\u00a0 The\u00a0 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s\u00a0Museum Shapes<\/em>\u00a0spotlights geometric shapes found in the museum’s collections.\u00a0 While a field trip may not be possible for my students, I can imagine setting up our own art-shape scavenger hunt closer to the classroom.\u00a0Locate.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mummy Math <\/em>by Cindy Neuschwander takes Bibi and brother Matt on an adventure through an Egyptian pyramid.\u00a0 When they get lost, they follow clues based on geometric solids to reach their goal.\u00a0 Illustrations by Bryan Langdo.\u00a0 Locate.<\/a><\/p>\n

Websites with Geometry Activities for Kids<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0 Can you visualize the shape you get from two partially\u00a0overlapping shapes<\/a>?\u00a0 Check your answers interactively.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0 Create polygons on an interactive\u00a0\u00a0Geoboard.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3.<\/strong>\u00a0 Explore polygons interactively at Polygon Playground.<\/a><\/p>\n

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4.<\/strong>\u00a0 Practice identifying polygons at home.\u00a0 Be ready for\u00a0your next quiz\u00a0by playing\u00a0Polygon game I<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Poygon game II<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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5.<\/strong>\u00a0 Make your own\u00a0tangrams<\/a> interactively.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Additional Resources for Teachers<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong>\u00a0 How to use manipulatives<\/a>\u00a0like geoboards, tangrams, and pattern blocks when teaching geometry to upper elementary students.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Learn about tiling and tesselations<\/a>. Experiment with symmetric sketching using Kali.<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Students practice identifying geometric shapes and then go on a real world Geometry Scavenger Hunt<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of the\u00a0books recommended here highlight recognition of geometric shapes.\u00a0\u00a0All of them have a cross-curricular connection with social studies, science or art.\u00a0\u00a0 One of the web\u00a0activities for\u00a0students\u00a0focuses on identifying polygons.\u00a0 The rest promote visualization and spatial relationship abilities. Books with … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,984,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-math","category-summermath","category-teaching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}