Preparing for the Geometry Test

The Geometry test will take place on Thursday December 13th. To help the boys and girls prepare for the test, I've made two review videos that I hope they'll find useful.  We've watched them in class, but it's a good idea to watch them again! 

What's an angle buddy?

We had a great time this week creating our angle buddies! As part of our geometry unit, students have learned about the three types of angles. Click here for a helpful post about angles from 2017. That day we also had some fun working with Tangrams and tried very hard to put them back together to form a square. We used the Tangrams to create the angle buddies, which students were asked to label.

As part of our ongoing discussion about non-fiction text features, we also talked about the purpose of a diagram, which is to help a reader better understand the specific parts of a bigger picture.  We talked about when we label something, the information needs to be crystal clear to the reader, otherwise, we're really not creating a helpful resource.  It was a great math lesson and one that I hope helped my students understand better the three types of angles and why presentation is so essential to creating an effective diagram!