A few days ago I had the opportunity to work with a grade 2 teacher as her class was learning about Geometry. The students started the class with a rich activity comparing and sorting a variety of standard and non-standard shapes, followed by a great discussion about several properties they had noticed.
Shortly after, students started working on following the page as independent work. Take a look:
Take a minute to try to figure out what you think the answers might be. Scroll up and pick one of the less obvious shapes and count how many you see.
This isn’t one of those Facebook “can you find all the hidden shapes” tasks, it’s meant to be a straightforward activity for grade 2 students. However, I’m not sure what the actual answers are here. So, I need some help… I’d love if you could:
- Pick one shape (or more if you’re adventurous)
- Think about what you believe the teacher’s edition would say
- Count how many you see
- Share the 3 points above as a comment here or on Twitter
I’m hoping in my next post that we can discuss more than just this worksheet and make some generalizations for any grade and any topic.
Thinking Mathematically 