Movement in Math

I try to incorporate movement into as many lessons as possible.  We have been studying geometry during our math blocks.  My students have been busy discovering shape attributes and then using those attributes to compare and contrast shapes.

Identifying angles, however, have proved to be tricky.  Since, learning actual angle names is not part of the 3rd grade common core, I have been allowing my students to use names that make sense to them.  In order to practice finding and recognizing these types of angles, I had my students make the 3 types of angles using their bodies.

These are the names we use for acute, right, and obtuse angles.  For now, this is just fine!

As you can see, they are very creative, and they learned a lot!  The next step: writing a song that describes the attributes we look for each class!

-Heidi