fun? geometry vocabulary

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fun? geometry vocabulary
By tia

i dunno how fun, but this is what i always do:
introduce main vocab (point, line, ray, angle...) and have students write term, define, draw picture, and "name"...like a line would be named AB (with line over it)

i
use the book by fulvio testa (?pretty sure that's it!) called *if you look around you* which compares different geo terms to actual items (line segment = dog's leash...)

then we look around the room to find various things (we have to use our imagination for line and plane and ray, since nothing goes on forever)

then i pass out magazines and have them cut out and glue

a collage of examples of geo terms (corner on roof=angle, railroad ties=parallel...) i usually make it a game/contest to see who can get the most examples of all of the terms--the prize for the top few is usually one of the transparent, bright-colored protractors for kids to use when we get to measuring angles.