It was so great to be back at school today with the class! The substitute Mr. Lagace reported that he greatly enjoyed being in our classroom last week.

Shapes! Shapes! Shapes! In Math, we have been exploring a variety of 2d shapes and how they are similar and different from one another. Today we looked at the big idea of how two-dimensional shapes can be composed from other shapes. The students were problem solving to determine how many ways they could fill a triangle with different shapes. Here are a few examples of what they found!

The students were so focused and excited when they discovered a new combination. It did require some trial and error but through this process students discovered that there were some shapes that didn't work- such as squares and the small rhombuses (the skinny brown diamonds).  We also practiced documenting our findings and using the appropriate vocabulary for these shapes- Trapezoid (the red ones), Rhombus (the blue diamond shapes), Hexagons (yellow six sided shape) and Triangles (green ones). It was a bit tricky for students to trace their pattern blocks and record the shapes they used into their books but they persevered!