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Overview
Overview
Your student will be learning:
- to recognize, name and draw circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, pentagons and hexagons based on their attributes.
- classify and sort polygons with 12 or fewer sides according to attributes such as; the number of sides and vertices.
- three-dimensional figures (cones, cylinders, rectangular prisms, cubes, and triangular prisms) can be sorted, described, classified, and analyzed by their attributes.
- identify new shapes that can result from cutting apart existing shapes or combining shapes.
- Example: A square can be made using two triangles.
Resources
Resources
- Videos
- Alien Explanations. This Education Galaxy video explains the sides and angles for quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and octagons.
- Free Apps
Dragon Shapes: Lumio Geometry Challenge
Dragon Shapes: Lumio Geometry Challenge
This app uses tangram pieces to explore two-dimensional figures. There are 4 levels of difficulty.
- Websites
- 2nd grade math from IXL. This IXL website allows the your child to answer questions on a variety of topics in geometry and measurement. If the your child answers incorrectly, an explanation appears to help your child. *limited daily access
- Books
- The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns. This book is an introduction to different types of polygons.
- Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes by Stuart J. Murphy. This book introduces three-dimensional shapes, including cubes, cones, and pyramids.
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