Explore the effect on size when objects change under simple transformations.
Students work with geometric shapes and investigate the relationships of shapes to each other.
This is a whole group activity. Prior to reading Sir Cumference and the First Round Table, A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander, ask the students to think about the questions on Part A of their worksheets as you are reading the story. Read the story to the students. Discuss the questions in Part A after the story. Ask students to cite examples in the text when they are explaining their answers.