Blogging with Geometry

Geometry Unit

Everyone has been doing a fantastic job commenting on the class blog. For our geometry unit, everyone will create their own blogs. We will look for math in the real world as we make our way through the unit. You will post pictures on your personalized blogs of the different math concepts that we study such as angles, two-dimensional figures, and symmetry.

AKS's for this unit:

Math

recognize angles as geometric shapes that are formed wherever two rays share a common endpoint and understand concepts of angle measurement (CCGPS) (4MA_E2012-40/MCC4.MD.5)

classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines, or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size. Recognize right triangles as a category, and identify right triangles (CCGPS) (4MA_E2012-47/MCC4.G.2)

recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry (CCGPS) (4MA_E2012-49/MCC4.G.3)

Writing
use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting, with some guidance and support from adults (CCGPS) (4LA_D2012-27/ELACC4W6)

Language
acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific vocabulary, including words and phrases that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and words and phrases basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation) (CCGPS) (4LA_F2012-43/ELACC4L6)

  

(For example, this house shows 2 obtuse angles, these angles are greater than 90 degrees.)

Next week, we are going the computer lab several days to create the blogs. Before we go to the lab, we will walk through the process of making a blog together in class. Start to think about a name for your blog.