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      <title>Resources for Teaching Geometric Thinking &amp; Geometric Concepts in Elementary School by Madalyn Brooks</title>
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      <pubDate>2022-03-28 16:01:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Constructing Polygons</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Using simple objects, like cheese slices, tooth picks and pretzel sticks, students will be constructing different 2D shapes. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-08 21:39:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Geometry Anchor Charts</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This resource on TPT gives you templates to make anchor charts. You can simply project them, and then trace it onto anchor chart paper. You are even able to print smaller sizes of the charts so that students can add notes into the interactive math notebooks. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-08 22:12:22 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Introducing the Relationships of Quadrilaterals</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Interactive Anchor Chart&nbsp;for Attributes of Quadrilaterals - 3rd Grade</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-08 22:22:22 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Introduction to Attributes of 3D Figures</title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Interactive Anchor Charts for 3D Figures - 3rd Grade</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-08 22:31:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Practice Classifying Triangles by Sides and Angles</title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Blooket is a game similar to Kahoot, except students move through the questions at their own pace. This specific Blooket has students identifying triangles based on their sides and angles. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-08 22:55:54 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Practice Identifying Nets of 3D Shapes</title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The purpose of this game is to have students practice identifying the nets that make up 3D shapes. The second level has students selecting every possible net for a target shape. This will help students mentally "unfold" a shape and come up with every possible net for that shape. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-10 14:50:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Digital Geoboard Manipulative</title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mmbrook8/9z20iv5me1jhtar6/wish/2138048111</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>This website allows students to use a digital Geoboard. It can be used for many different geometry concepts and activities. There are even multiple color rubber bands. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-10 14:54:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Real-World Connections to Shapes and Angles</title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This song helps students to remember the names of 3D Shapes, but also to connect them to everyday items that they are used to seeing. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-10 14:59:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Introducing Symmetrical Shapes</title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This video shows students what symmetry is, and animates each of the vocabulary words that students need to know about the topic. It could be used as a follow up to students exploring the topic of symmetry during an inquiry activity to ensure they understand all of the vocabulary. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-10 15:01:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Practice Identifying Lines of Symmetry</title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>In this game, students will be exploring various planets and identifying aliens that have lines of symmetry. They will be tasked with finding every line of symmetry on an alien, there could be multiple.<br><br>Students will need a free account in order to play the entire game.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-10 15:07:34 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Remembering Polygon Names</title>
         <author>omhernan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mmbrook8/9z20iv5me1jhtar6/wish/2138668347</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>This song will help students to remember the different polygon shape names - triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon and decagon. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-11 05:14:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Dragon Shapes - Geometry App</title>
         <author>omhernan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mmbrook8/9z20iv5me1jhtar6/wish/2138675005</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>This engaging tool teaches younger kids about shapes and their attributes while building spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills. It includes fun tangram puzzles.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-11 05:21:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Upper Elementary Measurement &amp; Geometry Activities </title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mmbrook8/9z20iv5me1jhtar6/wish/2139502702</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>This is a blog post that lays out how this teacher taught her geometry and measurement unit! It goes through each concept, and provides multiple links to resources on TPT, in-depth posts on activities and images of anchor charts. The geometry and measurement concepts that are addressed in this post are perimeter, area, lines, angles, classifying polygons and symmetry.&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-11 16:56:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Introducing Lines and Angles</title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>In this video, students will learn about parallel and perpendicular lines as well as types of angles (right, acute and obtuse).<br><br>This YouTube channel has many more educational videos, for many different geometry concepts for grades K-8.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-11 17:09:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Genius Geometry and Graphing Games </title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/mmbrook8/9z20iv5me1jhtar6/wish/2139653452</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>This site has geometry games for students to play as they practice various concepts. A few of the concepts shown in these games are 2D shapes, 3D shapes, composing/decomposing shapes, angles, and transformations. &nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-11 18:32:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Polypad: Virtual Manipulatives</title>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-11 18:39:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Composing Shapes</title>
         <author>mmbrook8</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This is a online game where students have the ability to solve multiple tanagram puzzles. Tanagrams can help students understand composing shapes, as well as the total area of shapes (de Walle et al., 2018).</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-11 18:43:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Real-World Connections to Shapes and Angles</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This is a children's book that allows students to explore geometry concepts (shapes and angles) through real-world projects. This gives students a visual of how geometry is used in our everyday lives. Additionally, it integrates social studies by discussing the histories of geometric concepts. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-11 20:50:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Constructing Polygons</title>
         <author>omhernan</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>"Bored and dissatisfied with his life, a triangle visits a local shapeshifter to add another angle to his shape. Poof! He becomes a quadrilateral. But then he gets greedy and keeps adding angles until he's completely transformed. Kids will enjoy this boldly colorful introduction to shapes and basic math concepts."&nbsp;(Scholastic)</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-12 02:47:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Defining Lines, Angles, and Segments</title>
         <author>omhernan</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Geometry Vocabulary Anchor Charts for 4th grade</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Simple Symmetry!</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This is a 4th grade lesson plan where students will be able to identify symmetrical figures, draw lines of symmetry, and explain why or why not a figure has symmetry.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-12 02:53:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This site includes several geometry digital manipulatives, including a Tangram puzzle, pattern blocks, and a geoboard. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-04-12 02:59:04 UTC</pubDate>
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