Maureen Curran and Mary Lou Aalbers

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MATH
GEOMETRY
TEACHER TIPS
Maureen Curran and Mary Lou Aalbers Hazelwood
School District
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GEOMETRY

• The following lessons are addressing these
  standards
• Identify, describe, compare, classify, and
  represent geometric figures (MO 1.4, 1.6, 2.1)
• Investigate and apply geometric properties and
  relationships (MO 1.6, 2.4, 3.6)

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• We suggest that students keep a journal and
  respond to questions in this presentation.
• It is critical for students to use writing skills
  to explain their answers.
• Please take time to discuss possible solutions to
  problems.

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List all the properties of this cylinder in your
journal.
List all the properties of the rectangular prism
in your journal.
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The sum of two sides of a triangles must always
equal MORE than the third side. If y is a whole
number, what values could it have?
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With sides of 5 and 6, the third side can be
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,or 2. It could not be 11 or
more because it would equal (or exceed) the sum
of the other two sides. It could not be 1
because two sides (5 and 1) would not equal more
than the third side (6).
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1. How many quarter inch squares does it take to
make an inch square? Draw it with a ruler!
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How many quarter inch squares does it take to
make an inch square?
It takes 4 squares.
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It takes 64 quarter-inch cubes to build an inch
cube.