I just found these songs by Numberock on YouTube and they are perfect for this unit! Really great pictures and catchy tunes: I love all of the visual examples included. I love it when I can tie reading into math too! The books above are some of my favorite mentor texts for geometry.
Different kinds of lines can also be made if two groups work together. The idea is to have students use the elastic as a group to make the shapes you call out (types of triangles are especially good) or types of angles. If you use elastic, one package is enough for one small group of 5 - 6 kids. An alternative is to have kids stand up and use their arms to illustrate these geometric concepts.Īnother kinesthetic activity is to gather Chinese jump ropes or packages of sewing elastic. For this activity, students will be on the floor working with a partner to make different kinds of lines (parallel, intersecting, and perpendicular), shapes, and angles (right, acute, and obtuse) using their bodies. Kids need movement and it's easy to add some movement with this unit. After the lesson is done, kids add color to these, making it a really fun art piece. I have kids use rulers and sharpies and follow my step by step directions of drawing lines and then finding obtuse angles, right angles, perpendicular lines, and so on. As a follow up to geometric lessons on lines and angles, I cut polygons from white construction paper for each child. I shared another fun geometric art activity on a blog post I wrote called Incorporating Art in the Classroom. I usually choose one of those categories but really you could make it a wide open project too! Geometry is a great time to do either geometric animals, robots, or people. I am a huge art proponent so I add art wherever it fits in.
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