They demonstrate their emerging skills and knowledge by the approaches they use, the games they invent, and the structures and designs they create. Teachers notice and record children's actions, their conversations, the explanations they offer, and their ability to engage and persevere in tasks involving geometry. Observe Observe and note the processes students use, their ability to explain or show their choices, their perseverance in doing the task, their attention to detail, and the extent to which they make appropriate or inappropriate choices. Ask students to describe their patterns. Note the complexity of the patterns, students'use of the names of shapes, and the variety of shapes they used.
Children can record their designs by gluing similar paper pieces to paper.
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