Reading Enrichment Activity

Title: The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn BurnsTheme: GeometryCurriculum: Math, Language ArtsGrade Level: Grade 6

Content Standards:GEOMETRY Students will further develop their understanding of plane and solid geometric figures, incorporating the use of appropriate technology and using this knowledge to solve authentic problems. M6G1. Students will further develop their understanding of plane figures.

a. Determine and use lines of symmetry. d. Interpret and sketch simple scale drawings.

M6G2. Students will further develop their understanding of solid figures. b. Compare and contrast cylinders and cones. c. Interpret and sketch front, back, top, bottom and side views of solid figures.

LANGUAGE ARTSELA6R2: The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student a. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words by using word, sentence, and paragraph clues.

ELA6RC1 The student reads a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) per year from a variety of subject disciplines. The student reads both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse, including technical texts related to various subject areas.

ELA6LSV1 The student participates in student-to-teacher, student-to-student, and group verbal interactions. The student a. Initiates new topics in addition to responding to adult-initiated topics. b. Asks relevant questions. c. Responds to questions with appropriate information.

Students will:*review geometric terms *make predictions about changes to the triangle*show an understanding of the material read

Day 1:Introduction/Review – Teacher introduces the Unit by generating the students’ prior knowledge. Students will take the Geometry Pre-Test. Share.

Day 2:Teacher introduces the book, The Greedy Triangle. Students are informed that they should make predictions about what the triangles are going to become as the book is read. Students view PhotoStory reading of The Greedy Triangle. As the story is being read, the students list the shapes, number of sides, and number of angles. At the end of the book, the teacher displays an overhead with the list of shapes, their sides, and angles.

Day 3:The students will create book covers using different shapes. Book Talk - Students will share the book covers and discuss their creations.

Day 4:Students will review class wiki and take Quiz on Geometry shapes.

http://geometrywiki.pbworks.com/w/page/39566627/Geometry#view=edit

Geometry Shapes Unit PreTest

1. A quadrilateral could have the shape of a. A movie screen c. An orange b. A slice of cake d. A top on a bottle

2. What shape has six sides?a. A triangle c. A quadrilateralb. A hexagon d. An octagon

3. What is not true about a circle?a. It is a ring c. It is a polygonb. It is round d. It is the shape of a lifesaver

4. What is true about a polygon?a. It is a quadrilateral c. It has shapes with curvy line segmentsb. It has sides that are straight line segments d. both a and c

5. Which shapes has eight sides?a. A triangle c. A quadrilateralb. A hexagon d. An octagon