Math Investigations

In Math Investigations we are currently working on a book titled Quilt Squares and Block Towns. The students are observing, describing, comparing, classifying, representing and building with 2-D and 3-D shapes. They also are developing vocabulary for naming and describing these shapes. The slideshow below shows the students working through a few of the activities in this book. One activity has them matching Geoblocks to 2-D pictures on paper. In another activity they are building a wall of a constant height and width, while using a variety of blocks. They also work with a partner in another activity to find a particular Geoblock that is in a bag (no peeking!). They must think about the characteristics of the block and feeling the length of the sides and the number of vertices.