Develop the concepts of coordinates and paths, using maps, tables, and grids. Students create Logo procedures for drawing rectangles or other geometric figures. A good interdisciplinary assessment in both reading and mathematics is to have students draw maps for stories they have read, using coordinates to identify the locations of critical events or objects in the story. Students find the lengths of paths on a grid, such as the distance from Susan's house to school. Understand the variety of ways in which geometric shapes and objects can be measured.
Students discuss how to describe the size of a truck.
Each pair of students is given a pattern to cut out of oaktag and fold up into a three-dimensional shape. They are asked to measure the shape in as many ways as they can. They report their findings to the class. Investigate the occurrence of geometry in nature, art, and other areas. Students investigate the natural shapes that are produced by the processes of growth and physical change.