This week, the classes reviewed shapes with a Lego shape challenge. The student's in Mrs. Bull's class began the challenge by reviewing all of the two dimensional shapes they could name. To my surprise, the students were able to identify and describe squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, ovals, hexagons, octagons, pentagons, and a trapezoids! WOW! As the students were building, the students also discussed three dimensional shapes. They learned so much from each other! After the class reviewed the shapes, they went to their seats to begin building. The students were very creative in their use of the Legos, and explored the idea of making a circle. In the beginning, we discussed the type of lines used in a circle, and the students agreed it was not possible, but one student did not give up! He found "special" pieces to create a circle!! After each student created a shape or two, we met on the star carpet to order their creations from smallest to largest. The students discussed the organization of the order, and took turns moving the pieces until they were correctly placed from smallest to largest. It was interesting to watch this process. The students have different ideas of what "large" meant. Some explained that the length determined the size, and other explained that the height of the object helped them determine the size.
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May 2017
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