by Lucy R | Sep 11, 2014 | 2nd grade math, area, CCSS, geometry, math activity Thursday
Hi! It’s Thursday so time for Math activity Thursday! All this month has a 2nd grade focus. Today’s activity/lesson teaches CCSS.2.G.A.2 which reads…Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the...
by Lucy R | Nov 28, 2013 | 4.MD, 4th grade math activity, area, CCSS, perimeter
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving! I have so many things I am grateful for–family, friends, a home, food, and many more blessings. I hope we can all take a minute or two and think about all we have to be grateful for.Now time for...
by Lucy R | Jul 18, 2013 | area, composite shapes, geometry, math activity Thursday, perimeter, shapes
Hi everyone! I was working on some TpT products and trying to align them with Common Core math codes and I was happy to see 1.G.A.2 mentioned composite shapes–in 1st grade. I know my kids love to make designs with tangrams and using a geoboard with...
by Lucy R | Apr 22, 2013 | Activities with objects, area
A rectangle is one of my favorite shapes–probably because they are everywhere!Draw a rectangle on graph paper.How many other shapes can you draw inside it? A square, more rectangles, triangles, circles.What is the area inside the rectangle?What is the...