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Mathematics
Congruence. Geometry. Process skills. Similarity. Spatial representations. Spatial sense. Tessellations. Transformations. Visualization. |
Resource Type:
Lessons and activities; Teacher guides. Media Type:
Print material.
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Abstract:
This activity book, designed for students in grades 1 to 4, contains hands-on puzzle activities in which students explore mathematical concepts such as transformations, area, and congruence. Included are blackline masters and detailed teacher's notes presenting a variety of geometric and spatial concepts. Activities require pentominoes scored in one-inch sections or paper pentominoes printed from a supplied blackline master. The teacher's notes include a manipulative activity to introduce the concept, an overview of each activity page, and a wrap up activity for students to demonstrate their understanding of the mathematical concepts. All activities use the think, show, and share strategy intended to encourage students to think about each puzzle and a possible arrangement of pieces before they begin; to demonstrate their solution strategy to others; and to discuss what they have learned.
In a sample section, Covering Geometric Shapes, students begin by using pentominoes shaped like the letters F and Y to make a series of shapes shown by the teacher on the overhead. In the activities, students cover shapes with different numbers of pentominoes and consider turning and flipping pieces to cover other given shapes. For a wrap up activity, pairs of students create shapes with four pieces and trace around the outline of the shapes. Pairs exchange papers and solve each other's puzzles. Selected solutions are included. (Author/JRS) |
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Table of Contents:
Introduction
About the book
The pentomino set
Pentomino pieces
Exploring pentominoes
Teacher's notes
Pentomino shapes
More pentomino shapes
Find the pentominoes
Find more pentominoes
Share at home
Moves and patterns
Teacher's notes
Slides
Turns
Slide or turn?
Flips
Which piece matches?
Cover some shapes
Sliding patterns
Turning patterns
Share at home
Covering geometric shapes
Teacher's notes
Covering shapes with two pieces
Covering shapes with three pieces
Covering shapes with four pieces
Numbers
A shape to cover
Where do the pieces fit?
Turn or flip to fit
Place the first piece
More space to cover
Which pieces?
Share at home
Puzzles and games
Teacher's notes
Two of the same
A shape puzzle
Cover the stairs
Making rectangles
Making large rectangles
A dog
A butterfly
A flag
Making squares
A square game
Share at home
Symmetry
Teacher's notes
Symmetry of pentomino pieces 1 and 2
Symmetry of a shape
Turn symmetry
More turn symmetry
Share at home
Perimeter and area
Teacher's notes
Perimeter of pentomino pieces
Perimeter of shapes
Perimeter of a rectangle
Make a figure
Area of shapes
Area of a square
Share at home
Congruence and similarity
Teacher's notes
Congruent shapes
Making congruent shapes
Similar shapes
Doubling pentominoes
Tripling pentominoes
Share at home
Pentomino challenges
Teacher's notes
Use a small model
Animal shapes
Making a box
Share at home
Program materials
Selected solutions
Activity master inch graph paper
Activity master 1/4 inch graph paper
Progress chart
Award
User Comments:
Pricing Information:
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Description: 1 activity book (paperback) |
Cost: $10.95 |
ISBN: |
Order#: 0414 |
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Publisher:
Learning Resources
Notes:
Terms governing use and reproduction: Each blackline master is intended for reproduction in quantities sufficient for classroom use. Permission is granted to the purchaser to produce each blackline master in quantities suitable for noncommercial classroom use.
Contributor(s):
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Author: Alison Abrohms. |
Specifications:
1 activity book (96 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.)
Record Created: 01/27/2000 Last Modified: 10/11/2004
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2004 ENC. All information in this catalog record was verified and accurate when it was first made available to the public. ENC updates catalog records when resources are featured in special projects or when we learn that the information in the record is out of date.
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