Flips, Slides, Turns and Symmetry

The children created designs of flips (reflections), slides (translations) and turns (rotations).  They also used their names to create a symmetrical creature!  We also used geo boards to practice making angles and shapes.

Fun with Geometry

right angle

rectangles

circle

cone

square

obtuse angle

parallel lines

intersecting lines forming squares

rectangles, parallel lines and perpendicular lines

James and Jason form an acute angle with their arms

cylinder

hexagon

triangles 

peeking through the acute angle

acute angle

parallel lines

more angles

cylinder

octagon

more intersecting lines and rectangles

intersecting lines

cone

We have had a lot of fun during the geometry unit.  We spent a couple of math periods outdoors enjoying the beautiful weather and searching for our geometry vocabulary.  The children went on a geometry scavenger hunt and worked in groups to find examples of the geometric terms that they have learned throughout this unit.  We took pictures of some of the examples.  Here they are!!

Community Projects

Randall Realty

Waves Hair Salon

The Gentleman Farmer

Ocean House Marina

Charlestown Post Office

Arrowhead Dental

Cross Mills Library

Charlestown Police Department

Cumberland Farms

Manna Farm

Charlestown Ambulance

K&S Pizza

Charlestown/Richmond Fire  Dept.

Charlestown Mini Super

Dr. Demirs

The Umbrella Factory

Mutleys

Graham's Auto Body

East Beach Veterinary

The students did a great job on their community projects!  We learned a lot about the various businesses and services that are provided by our town.   The children did a nice job explaining why these places are important to our community and what goes on in each place.  We had the second grade students come to our classroom to view our projects, too!  The children presented their projects orally to our class.