2nd Grade: Geometry
2 Weeks

Key Vocabulary:
Atributes:
  • point=vertex(vertice)
  • angles (angulos)
  • Faces (caras)
  • Sides (lados)
3D Shapes
  • Cube (cubo)
  • Sphere (esfera)
  • Cone (cono)
  • Cilinder (cilindro)
Other 2D Shapes
  • Circle (circulo)
  • Oval (ovalo)
  • Rectangle (rectangulo) (square is a special rectangle)
  • Others: Pentagon/hexagon (pentagonos/hexagonos)
Rich Tasks and Experiences
1.  Shape Shifter (launched by reading Greedy Triangle - in A124 or on You Tube) 
2.  Experiences from K-5 Math Teaching Resources
  • My Polygon Riddle
  • Comparing Polygons
  • Comparing 3-D Shapes
  • Color Tile Shapes
  • Geoboard Quadrilaterals
  • Geoboard Triangles
3.  Experiences from The Math Learning Center
  • Last Shape Wins
  • Caterpillar Fill and Add
  • Build-4-Less

Math Reads (look at the Math Reads set - there is a task card for each book): 
Bees, Snails, and Peacock Tails
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes

If you want a sequence of experiences and have several weeks available, Investigations Unit 2 is all about 2-D and 3-D geometry.
​Math Expressions, Unit ____ is also geometry.
Investigations
  • Introduction (Student Handbook) Pag. 112), Read the book "Shapes, Shapes, Shapes" (from Math Lit.), 
  • 1.1 SB Page 2, M1/R1 (Shapes Cards A-F)
  • 2.1 SB Page 13 (Do in class)
  • 2.2 SB Page 16 (Do attributes activity)
  • 2.4 SB Pages 19-20 (Building Rectangles)
  • 2.5 M26/R26 (SB 22),
  • Assessments- M30/R30 (Create assessment to evaluate angles, faces, sides and 3D shapes)
Math Expressions Lessons
  • 3-1-Student Book Pag. 121 (all), 122 (all)
  • 3-2-SB Pag. 123 not (#11, #12), Pag. 124 (all)
  • 3-5-SB 129, 130, 131, 132 (all), HW book (only pag. 81)