Grade 2: Shapes by Mavis Okyere https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq Made with a warm hug en-us 2018-08-06 16:42:52 UTC 2025-11-07 18:53:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. sort 2-D and 3-D objects using two attributes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/272106634 2018-08-06 18:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/272106634 2. compare and contrast 2-D shapes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/272106739 2018-08-06 18:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/272106739 3. identify 2-D shapes as part of 3-D shapes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/272106802 2018-08-06 18:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/272106802 4. compare and contrast 3-D shapes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/272106853 2018-08-06 18:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/272106853 5. make simple tiling from regular 2-D shapes shapes. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/273920477 describe positions and movement of shapes on the tilings]]> 2018-08-19 18:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/273920477 2-D shapes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/273922889 2018-08-19 19:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/273922889 mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/273922914 2018-08-19 19:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/273922914 3-D shapes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/273922921 2018-08-19 19:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/273922921 1. let children make sets of shapes with two and then three attributes differences. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274140338 (begin with 2-D shapes followed by 3-D shapes]]> 2018-08-20 19:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274140338 2. let students compare and contrast 2-D shapes. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274140989 1. quadrilaterals
2. triangles

]]> 2018-08-20 19:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274140989 Examples of attributes for activity 1 are: mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274141362 1. have 2 sides and 2 angles equal
2. have two opposite sides equal and parallel, and all angles equal
3. have all sides and angles equal]]> 2018-08-20 19:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274141362 children compare and contrast mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274141421 rectangles and trapeziums, rectangles and squares, squares and parallelograms, kite and rhombus, the equilateral triangle and the isosceles triangle etc.
questions like those below may help:
a. which triangles has 2 sides and angles equal?
b. select the triangle with a right-angle
c. which quadrilateral has two opposite sites equal and parallel?
d. how different is the kite from the rhombus? 

]]> 2018-08-20 19:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274141421 3. show children some 3-D shapes and ask them to form the shapes from 2-D knex. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274142116 or let children dismantle a 3-D shape formed using knex and identify all the 2-D shapes that made the 3-D shape. ]]> 2018-08-20 19:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274142116 4. let children compare and contrast the rectangular prism and the triangular prism mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274142983 2018-08-20 19:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274142983 Questions like those below may enhance the discussion in activity 4. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274143693 1. which attributes do all
a. rectangular prisms have
b. triangular prisms have
2. which prisms have 
a. congruent faces
b. all rectangular faces
3. how are the square and the rectangular prism 
a. alike?
b. different
4. how are the triangular prism and the rectangular prism alike or different.

]]> 2018-08-20 19:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274143693 5. let children form 4-point, 5-point 6-point and 8-point stars using a 2-D shapes they think is convenient to use. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274145046 b. let children make tessellations with two chosen 2-D shapes]]> 2018-08-20 19:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274145046 the formation of stars is important for the construction of Islamic tilings. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274146004 the important thing to discuss under activity 5 is how the shapes were moved and placed in order create the stars or the tilings]]> 2018-08-20 19:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274146004 6. identify symmetrical shapes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274178146 2018-08-20 23:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274178146 grid paper or dotted paper mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274179260 2018-08-20 23:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274179260 6. let children identify the 2-shapes that can be divided in two equal halves such that one half looks exactly the same as the other half. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274179283 let children make copies of those shapes on the paper grid and draw the lines that divide the shapes into two identical parts (when the shape is folded along that line, the two halves match exactly onto each other.

continue the investigation of lines symmetry with regular polygons. let children predict the number of lines of symmetry for a regular polygon with 8, 9,10 sides]]> 2018-08-20 23:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274179283 6. symmetry is when two or more parts looks identical. a line that divides a symmetrical shape into 2 identical parts is called a'line of symmetry' mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274179937 a. let children identify shapes with horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry.
b. on a paper grid draw one-half of a symmetrical shape and ask children to complete the shape.
c. let children revisit 'making stars' and let them identify the symmetrical lines of the stars.]]> 2018-08-20 23:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274179937 Howse, D. T., & Howse, M. E. (2015). Linking the Van Hiele Theory to Instruction. Teaching Children Mathematics, 21(5), 304-313. doi:10.5951/teacchilmath.21.5.0304 mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274194188 2018-08-21 01:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274194188 Bellos, A. (February, 2015). Muslim rule and compass: the magic of Islamic geometric design The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2015/feb/10/muslim-rule-and-compass-the-magic-of-islamic-geometric-design mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274194360 2018-08-21 01:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274194360 Alberta Education (2016). Mathematics Kindergarten to Grade 9. Alberta, Canada mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274194729 2018-08-21 01:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274194729 Arabi/Islamic geometry 01: A background to two dimensional design-geometry and pattern. http://catnaps.org/islamic/geometry.html mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274195616 2018-08-21 01:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/qn6rsmkeufmq/wish/274195616