Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Review Activity to Share

CMT strand 18 is on spatial relationships: symmetry and reflection, congruence and similarity, rotation and some others. To review, I am having students create a poster using the directions below. This allows them to be creative and to do something different while addressing the objectives. This is a beta version so I'll find out how it goes tomorrow. I'll reflect on this in a post in the near future but am anticipating problems following directions.


Spatial Relationship Poster
CMT Strand 18 Review

You are to create a poster using markers. You are to have the following shapes and pictures.

Choose a theme: a farm, a football game, astronomy: planets and stars in the sky, a classroom with students, or you can choose your own.

Write your name and CMT Strand 18 Review at the top.

A line of symmetry and reflection – 20 POINTS

  • Fold your paper in half
  • EVERYTHING should be the same on both sides of the fold
  • Your name and CMT Strand 18 Review should be reflected also.
  • Draw a dotted line on your fold and label it “line of symmetry”
  • Show how you have a picture reflected – label it “reflection”
Rotation 90 degrees clockwise– 20 POINTS

  • Copy one of your pictures and turn it 90 degrees to the right (clockwise)
  • Label it “90 degrees clockwise”
Congruent– 20 POINTS

  • You will copy a picture so it is exactly the same size and shape on the other side of the fold.
  • Draw an arrow pointing to the picture and its copy. Label them “congruent.”
  • Explain why they are congruent

Similar– 20 POINTS

  • You will copy a picture so it is the same shape.
  • Draw an arrow pointing to the picture and its copy. Label them “similar.”
  • Write why they are similar.

Creativity and color– 20 POINTS
  • Be creative with your theme
  • Sketch your poster in pencil
  • Add color

1 comment:

  1. Yep, following directions is always a challenge. Some students did not know where to begin (fold the paper, huh?). Some saw this as a drawing and coloring activity devoid of any spatial relationship. Others did a great job and were self-sufficient.

    Many students did a great job being creative and generating meaningful examples of the various transformations.

    We had a teacher out so one class was divided up with 6 extra students in my class each period. We also had the Hartford Symphony perform at an assembly (the kids were great!) so it was a crazy day.

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