Room 221 mathematicians are building their cooperative skills, their measurement skills and their geometry skills while they create their own unique town. Partners have been given a list of guidelines to follow as they draw roads, buildings, and other important parts of a community.
For example:
Draw three parallel roads at least 12 inches long and name them. The names can be real or made up (for example: Eliot Road or Needham Street.) Use a ruler to draw the lines to your roads. Make sure that all the roads have the same width - no greater than 4 inches wide.
Ask your child to describe their town to you. Encourage them to use geometric vocabulary like: perpendicular, intersecting, triangle, hexagon, square, rectangle, octagon, trapezoid, pentagon, and perimeter.
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