Grade 2 Investigates Geometry

Grade 2 explores transportation systems and their connections to geometry

Learning Intention: I am learning to construct pyramids and cones with my table partners.

Success Criteria:

• work cooperatively 
• construct a cone using twist ties (pipe cleaners) 
• construct a pyramid using twist ties 

Each student worked cooperatively with their table partners as they constructed different shapes with twist ties. They focused their learning on how many faces, edges, and vertices each shape has. How can we find out... How many faces? How many edges? How many vertices?

Ask your daughter! 

What is the difference between a pyramid (triangular prism) and a cone?

Hint: Think about the bottom or base of the shape
(One difference: Pyramids or triangular prisms - base is a triangle Cones - base is a circle)

Visit  Brain Pop Jr for more information on constructing solid shapes.

For username and password details ask your homeroom teacher.

Students also became "Shape Detectives" in their own homes! Students learned how to identify shapes they found in magazines and newspapers. They added their evidence to our Math Thinking Wall.