3D Shapes Boards

Students hard at work

3D Shapes Boards on display in the classroom

The students have been working on planar and 3D shapes. Most students have finished or are very close to finishing their 3D shapes Boards. About seven students will be sharing theirs in assembly tomorrow and two boys will be introducing them. Students have been looking at the characteristics of shapes, most notably, faces, edges and vertices and most can capably apply Euler's Law to check the accuracy of their labels. Students had to design and construct their own nets for the cube and a pyramid, and also converted a toilet rolls into a closed cylinders and spray painted them. I also have some very challenging nets for them to construct and a handful of students are taking up the challenge. Students have certainly improved with their fine motor skills, their scoring, folding, gluing and of course following written instructions. They will be tested on their knowledge of shapes this Friday morning. Most of the students did a pretest today to check out where they are with their knowledge on the theoretical side of things. They also did some cross-sectioning of Plasticine shapes so that they understand this concept. Cross-country students will be given the pretest booklet tomorrow.

Kuni looks down from a sea of shapes