Teaching with Heart

Geometric Spaceships

As an avid supporter of weaving literature into the curriculum as often as possible, I introduced Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes by Stuart Murphy to my grade two students as a way to review 3-D shapes. Not only did the children enjoy the story of Sam and his sidekick space dog, Comet, they were inspired to build their own spaceships. In response to this suggestion, I brought out the wooden 3-D blocks and allowed students to work in partners to create spacecrafts. This unexpected change of plans proved to…read more

Jul.13

Shape Monsters

Posted by kelseyvass in Art, Mathematics

After learning about 2-D shapes, students were invited to make their own monster masterpieces out of circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles. Students were provided choice surrounding the monster’s design, name, and colour palette, but were responsible for identifying how many of each shape they used in its construction. It was rewarding to see how the students integrated their likes and interests into the activity as the monsters came to resemble their special creators in unique ways.

Jul.13