A Week of Rectangles

This week was all about building and describing rectangles. The students learned about the columns and rows in a rectangle and the area and perimeter of a rectangle. We also discussed a congruent rectangle. This rectangle has the same size and same shape.

We ended the week with halves and not halves rectangles. With half and not halves rectangles the students used two colors of tiles to make a rectangle that was half one color and half another color. The special rule about this rectangle is that we must use two colors. After the students created their rectangle they had to write how many columns, how many rows and tell me what the area of their rectangle was. It was a great way to introduce area, perimeter and fractions.

Did you know that Friday was the 124th day of school. WOW! time flies when you are learning and having fun!

For the month of March in Everyday Calendar Math we will

• explore and describe attributes of a sphere, cone and cylinder.
• read the clock to the quarter hour
• see fractional parts
• explore capacity with cups, pints, and quarts.

Please encourage your child to tell you something about what they have learned during Math, Science, or Social Studies. Thank you for all your support! Have a great week!