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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Snowflake Geometry: Cutting the Snowflake

Bell Ringer:  Which One Doesn't Belong
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Today we cut out snowflakes!  I began by giving each student a hexagon.  We folded it into a trapezoid, then we folded it into a rhombus, and finally we folded it into an equilateral triangle.  I find it so funny that my fifth graders get really excited about their designs.  They really enjoyed the mystery!

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 Cutting snowflakes took a little longer than expected!  I knew they were serious about cutting when there was complete silence for 10 minutes!  We mounted the snowflakes onto black construction paper with glue dots (aargh!), but by then, time was up!  So I am saving the Diamonte poem until tomorrow (I can't wait).

 Assignment:  Countdown to STAAR 5.2.2 


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