Shake Hands On It!

You can make patterns by drawing and making objects. You can also make patterns with your own body! Find a partner and see what shapes you can make with your hands.

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Use an Abacus

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Place numbers onto your abacus by pushing earthly and heavenly beads toward the midway mark of the skewer. For example, the number 7 consists of 1 heavenly bead (representing 5) plus 2 earthly beads (representing 2) at the midway point. Let's add 148 and 312 on our abacus.

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Detailed Book Description

This book is in the shape of a square. Or is it a rectangle? The pages are 2-dimensional. Or are the pages 3-dimensional? Geometry is all around us! In Explore Shapes and Angles! With 25 Great Projects, readers ages 7 to 10 will have fun identifying and learning about the properties of the shapes and angles in their world.

Readers form a thorough understanding of geometric concepts at an early age, developing a solid comfort level with mathematics that will serve as a foundation for later, more difficult concepts.
Uses an experiential, hands-on approach to encourage readers to discover geometry in their world, and understand the reality-based underpinnings of geometry in their everyday lives.

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Hardcover, $19.95
9781619305823

Paperback, $14.95
9781619305861

Specs: 8 x 10 size | 4-color interior | 96 pages

Subject: Math

Content Focus: Math

Leveling: Ages 7-10 |Grade Level 3-4 |GRL T |Lexile 830L

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Timeline

Introduction
Geometry through History

Chapter 1
Moving, Bending, Stretching Geometry!

Chapter 2
Angles in the Classroom

Chapter 3
Measuring Your Home and Yard

Chapter 4
Ship-Shapes in the Neighborhood

Chapter 5
Wide World of Geometry

Glossary
Metric Conversions
Resources
Essential Questions
Index