Their work concludes with a look at their class attendance data over a period of time. Students use the Shapes software, pattern blocks, and Geoblocks to explore relationships among shapes. They build and sort their own boxes. They draw and build other three-dimensional constructions as they plan and create their own town. They examine the connections between two dimensions and three dimensions, using Geoblocks and other manipulatives to match faces and solids.
Students explore geometric patterns in depth.
Students continue to deepen their understanding of the number system and use their growing knowledge to solve a wide variety of addition and subtraction problems. They look at area, covering outlines of shapes with pattern blocks, and creating their own sets of blocks which fit inside a certain shape outline. Copyright 1997 TERC, All Rights Reserved.