Student+Activities

= Student Activities 3rd Grade Math  =

__Day 1__
Start off with going through the lesson. Describe different types of shapes and show examples on projector. Describe the definitions of acute, obtuse and right angles. Once done with lesson of teaching, hand out Geoboards to each student and rubber bands. While using your own transparent Geoboard to be projected on the screen, demonstrate a shape for the students to imitate and ask the students what the shape is and what angles it has. Repeat this for numerous shapes and then ask the students to find as many shapes as they can and identify their angles with their table or a partner. Let the students see how many they can find.

__Day 2__
Start off with going through the lesson. Describe what a polygon is and list different kinds. Show examples on the projector and show how a polygon changes with the number of sides added and how the angles change. Give out handouts to the students that have work to do for polygons and how to identify them and count the number of sides and the angles associated with them. Let the student work on the worksheet by themselves for 15 minutes and then allow them to work with a table or partner to help with the unanswered questions or to compare answers.

__Day 3__
Start off with going through the lesson. Review the concept of shapes and angles that were done the past two days. Now add on to the concept of shapes and angles and go over the topics of symmetry and congruence. Show examples on the projector of what a shape looks like when it is symmetric or congruent. Hand out the Geoboards and rubber bands to the students. Ask them to once again make shapes on the Geoboard except this time ask them to determine whether the shapes have a line of symmetry. Then ask them to create two shapes on their Geoboards and ask whether they are symmetric or congruent. Repeat until the end of the lesson or students show comprehension.

__Day 4__
Start off with going through the lesson. Review the past few days work which will lead into the talk of perimeter and measurements. Show them what perimeter means and how one can find it. Also show how to measure the perimeter if the length is a fraction. Once that is done hand out rulers and miniature shapes to each table or pair of students. Ask the students to measure each object with the rule and to find the perimeter for the designated objects. Once they have gone through all the objects tell them to find interesting things in the classroom and find the perimeter of the objects if possible to the fraction.

__Day 5__
Tell students to each go to a computer. Guide them through how to get to the test on the computer. Have them take the test on the computer. Tell them once they have finished they must raise there hands for the teacher to make sure they finished then they will be allowed to go onto ClueFinders 3rd Grade and learn more about the topics covered that week.