Since we have had such fun with tangrams
previously, we continued working with working with
forming numbers with the seven pieces.
We started with Tiger forming various numbers as best as he could, without referring to the 'answers' provided in the lesson plan.
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| Five |
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| Ten |
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| Two |
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| Zero |
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| Four |
After Tiger had formed the numbers in his own way, we looked at the 'answers' to compare Tiger's numbers with the suggested answers. I do not know whether there is a right way or wrong way to form the numbers using tangrams --
I assume that there isn't only one right answer -- so I only refer to the ones given in the lesson plan as
suggestions rather than
the only way to solve the puzzle.
Looking at the answers was helpful in giving Tiger ideas on how to use the pieces in different ways to form the same numbers.
Compared to his approach, the answers given focused on forming the numbers in a more enclosed manner. Tiger then formed the numbers again, this time following the examples given.
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| One |
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| Zero |
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| Two |
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| Four |
This post is linked up to several blog hops, where you can visit to see what other homeschoolers have been busy with. It is also linked up to Math Teachers at Play blog carnival #48.
We have wood tanagrams. I love the idea of making your own! Looks like fun and challenging. Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed visiting from the Hop.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a neat way to learn numbers... I've never thought of that.. very clever. Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Sharing Saturday. Hope you have a great week. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts.
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What fun tangrams - LOVE THEM!! Thanks for linking up to TGIF! Looking forward to seeing what you link up next week =-)
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This is very fascinating. I love that you asked him to try and do it his way first and thanks for the link to the number puzzles.
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