Archive : 2007 : September : 26
art/math for vocabulary...and handmotions
By starry1
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i always do a handson activity at the end, its math art....they divide a big sheet of construction paper into square sections and have them cut out of colored paper various things and show them and label them...such as one| thing will be a circle with a radius and diameter(all done in colored paper) and the labeled...you can tell them what they have to have in each box.....heres some suggestions: right triangle, isosceles triangle, square, rectangle, an acute angle, and etc....its also a good idea to have a model of the activity before u have kids do it......i do it at the end of the unit every year. i also | |
do hand/arm motions for everything(kinesthetic)...i make up hand motions for many things...example acute angle is an allgiator mouth chomping....intersecting lines are two arms in shape of an X....you can perpindicular with your arms, line with arms, obtuse angle with arms, right angle with arms(one arm past head in straight line by ear and other arm stretched out straight shoulder heigth)...etc....review pretty regularly...say name of shape kids must repeat and show arm position....later on you just say "show me parallel" and they are to do it..you can have students come up and lead the exercises...etc....kids really enjoy it and they remember....i also make up poems/chants
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