{"id":3272,"date":"2010-12-02T15:41:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/3272"},"modified":"2010-12-02T15:41:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T20:41:23","slug":"instructional-resource-set-geometry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2010\/12\/02\/instructional-resource-set-geometry\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructional Resource Set: Geometry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog focuses on the Virginia Math SOL 3.14 that covers a portion of the geometry unit taught in the third grade. \u00a0Students will become familiar with plane and solid geometric figures and their specific characteristics. \u00a0You find included below several books that would be a good addition to this unit, some good websites that students can access to deepen their understanding of geometric shapes, and some resources that will be helpful to the classroom teacher.The following are excellent books to incorporate into the lessons on geometry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Greedy-Triangle-Scholastic-Bookshelf-Marilyn\/dp\/0545042208\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1291174321&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>The Greedy Triangle<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Marilyn Burns and illustrated by Gordon Silveria. \u00a0Burns creates a main character that is a friendly triangle that decides life would be better if he had more sides and angles. \u00a0He continually changes into new shapes, until he becomes very big and almost round. \u00a0He finally decides what will make him happy is to go back to being a triangle.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Captain-Invincible-Space-Shapes-MathStart\/dp\/0064467317\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1291177180&amp;sr=1-2\"><em>Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Stuart J. Murphy and illustrated by Remy Simard. \u00a0Murphy takes readers through the adventures of Captain Invincible and his space dog, Comet. \u00a0As they make their way back to earth, they ward off a meteor shower, poisonous gas cloud, a flying saucer, and a galactic beast with their multitude of space gadgets that are made out of solid geometric shapes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=Finding+Shapes+with+Sebastian+Pig+and+Friends+at+the+Museum&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\"><em>Finding Shapes with Sebastian Pig and Friends at the Museum<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Jill Anderson and illustrated by Amy Huntington. Sebastian and his friends are on a search in the museum to find art ideas that will help them decorate his new bedroom. \u00a0They find all kinds of artwork that includes plane and solid shapes. Anderson includes a nice graph of the shapes which includes a drawing, description, number of sides, and number of corners of each specific shape. Although this book is a bit on the juvenile side, it is still engaging and may be a good resource for the weaker readers in the class.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cumference-First-Round-Table-Adventure\/dp\/1570911606\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1291179245&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>Sir Cumference and the First Round Table<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sir-Cumference-Sword-Cone-Adventure\/dp\/1570916004\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1291179305&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Cindy Neuschwander and illustrated by Wayne Geehan. \u00a0These are two books in the series by Neuschwander that is set in the era of Camelot. \u00a0Sir Cumference is continually challenged with situations that require him and Lady Di of Ameter to use various skills. \u00a0During their adventures various geometric shapes are discovered in ordinary items around them, giving readers a good review of the characteristics of these shapes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Geometry-Math-Success-Lucille-Caron\/dp\/0766014339\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1291179737&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>Geometry<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Lucille Caron and Philip M. St. Jacques. Caron and St. Jacques walk the reader through a great deal of information about geometric shapes and vocabulary. \u00a0The information is clear and succinct, yet very informative. \u00a0 Although this is not a literature book, I recommend it be included in the resource set because it is a good differentiation tool. \u00a0More advanced students who desire to dig deeper into the study of geometry may enjoy the challenge of this book, and students will find it to be an easy accessible resource book for any type of research on geometry in grades 3-5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students may enjoy utilizing the following sites throughout this study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PBS Cyberchase On-line\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pbskids.org\/cyberchase\/games\/area\/tangram.html\">Tangram Games<\/a>\u00a0are quite user friendly. Students are on a page that displays a shape (i.e. a rabbit) which they are to create using the tangram pieces provided. \u00a0The game includes tools to rotate the pieces and move them into place. \u00a0This will be most helpful once the students have had exposure and experience working with actual tangram pieces.<\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><font face=\"Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/standards.nctm.org\/document\/eexamples\/chap4\/4.2\/index.htm#applet\">Investigating the Concept of Triangle and the Properties of Polygons<\/a><\/font><font face=\"Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/standards.nctm.org\/document\/eexamples\/chap4\/4.2\/index.htm#applet\">: Making Triangles<\/a>\u00a0is a site with\u00a0<\/font><\/font>interactive geoboards to help students identify simple geometric shapes, describe their properties, and develop spatial sense.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harcourtschool.com\/elab\/act_7_11.html\">Polygons Around a Point<\/a>\u00a0is an on-line game that allows the student to\u00a0use regular polygons to surround a point in a plane. \u00a0He\/she<font face=\"Arial, Geneva\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\">\u00a0will be able to make designs and decide how to best cover a surface by using regular polygons.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcya.com\/tangrams.htm\">Tangrams<\/a>\u00a0on-line is another fun tangram puzzle site that allows students to choose various puzzles to solve with tangrams.<\/li>\n<li>This on-line shapes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.primarygames.com\/puzzles\/match_up\/shape_match\/shape_match.htm\">matching memory game<\/a>\u00a0is a good level for students who are in the beginning stage of geometry and learning their plane shapes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Teacher Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MathSteps\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eduplace.com\/math\/mathsteps\/3\/a\/index.html\">&#8220;Identifying and Classifying Polygons&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0is a good lesson plan with several pages of work that walks you through introducing and developing the concepts.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eduref.org\/cgi-bin\/printlessons.cgi\/Virtual\/Lessons\/Mathematics\/Geometry\/GEO0201.html\">Educator&#8217;s Reference Desk<\/a>\u00a0website offers a lesson on the beloved book by Marilyn Burns, The Greedy Triangle. \u00a0The lesson also incorporates the use of geoboards with the students, which is always a fun activity.<\/li>\n<li>This lesson plan will have students act and think like architects as they team up to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eduref.org\/cgi-bin\/printlessons.cgi\/Virtual\/Lessons\/Mathematics\/Geometry\/GEO0007.html\">build their dream home<\/a>\u00a0with plane and solid shapes that they create.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.district87.org\/staff\/powelln\/SmartBoard\/GeometryIWB.htm\">Nancy Powell&#8217;s Web Pages<\/a>\u00a0have many good ideas for SmartBoards. This link is specifically to her geometry page, but you may want to look through the rest of her site for good ideas in other areas too!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog focuses on the Virginia Math SOL 3.14 that covers a portion of the geometry unit taught in the third grade. \u00a0Students will become familiar with plane and solid geometric figures and their specific characteristics. \u00a0You find included below &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2010\/12\/02\/instructional-resource-set-geometry\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[1141,50,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities-and-experiments","category-book-review","category-math"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272","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=3272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}