Kindergarten: Shapes by Mavis Okyere https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o Made with charm en-us 2018-08-06 17:05:13 UTC 2025-09-26 15:30:40 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Sort 2-D objects using a single attribute. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272105184 2018-08-06 18:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272105184 2. sort 3-D objects using a single attribute mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272105254 2018-08-06 18:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272105254 3. build 3-D objects from 2-D objects mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272105311 4. discuss relationship between 2-D and 3-D objects]]> 2018-08-06 18:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272105311 5. Tile a given surface with one type of 2-D object. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272105419 2018-08-06 18:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272105419 Student will be able to: mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272109162 2018-08-06 18:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272109162 Jung, M., & Conderman, G. (2017). Early geometry instruction for young children, Kappa Delta Pi Record, 53(3), 126-130, DOI: 10.1080/00228958.2017.1334478 mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272109592 2018-08-06 18:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272109592 teacher guides students to perform the following activities mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272110184 2018-08-06 18:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272110184 1. ask students to sort 2-D shapes based on a given attribute. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272110237 2018-08-06 18:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272110237 2. let students sort 3-D objects based on a given attribute. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272110950 2018-08-06 19:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272110950 4. For objective number 5, you can start by asking students to make a new shape from (for example 2 triangles, 3 triangles, 4 triangles and so on till the entire surface is covered). mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272111273 the rule for making a new shape is pieces need to touch edge-to-edge.]]> 2018-08-06 19:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272111273 Rational for activity 4 and 5 is to help students visualize objects in difference positions and imagine their movements. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272111314 2018-08-06 19:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272111314 3. build cubes, cuboids, triangular prism etc from the 2-D shapes. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272112652  ]]> 2018-08-06 19:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272112652 2-D shapes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272281429 of the type below or cutouts from cardboard]]> 2018-08-08 02:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272281429 or 2-D shapes of the form of Knex mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272281492 2018-08-08 02:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272281492 3-D shapes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272725855 2018-08-11 18:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272725855 let students talk about and describe each prism based on the 2-D shapes that were used to form it. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272726101 2018-08-11 19:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272726101 In both activities 1 and 2 let students talk about the similarities and differences between the objects that belong to the set and those that do not belong to the set. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272726162 2018-08-11 19:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272726162 After sorting and building 3-D shapes from the 2-D shapes, let children talk about relationship between 2-D and 3-D shapes mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272726188 2018-08-11 19:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272726188 5. Let children build 4-point, 5-point and 6-point stars from equilateral triangles alone or together with squares, regular pentagons and hexagons (as introduction to Islamic tiling) mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272726927 a]]> 2018-08-11 19:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272726927 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/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272727867 2018-08-11 20:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272727867 Eberle, R. S. (2015). “I Don't Really Know How I Did That!”. Teaching Children Mathematics, 21(7), 402-411. doi:10.5951/teacchilmath.21.7.0402 mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272728132 2018-08-11 20:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272728132 Alberta Education (2016). Mathematics Kindergarten to Grade 9. Alberta, Canada mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272728137 2018-08-11 20:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272728137 students should talk about why a shape belong or does not belong to a name set. mavisokyere020 https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272728178 example, we can start by asking children to sort the 2-D shapes according to the number of sides]]> 2018-08-11 20:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mavisokyere020/wkibpwgoyu0o/wish/272728178