Curriculum Guides

Grade Level: Second

Content Area: Geometry

Skills: Sides and Corners

The learner will identify simple open and closed curves.

Instructional Practice: Connections

Material Needed: Various lengths of yarn, toy animals

Technology: Linkway

Pattern Blocks

Patterns and Shapes

Reflecting on Patterns

Activity:

Give the student various lengths of yarn and a toy animal. Have them pretend that the yarn is a fence to go around the animal. Have them determine if the

animal can "escape" by determining whether the yarn is long enough to be a closed curve. Discuss the answers.

Theme Ideas:

Discuss the different shapes of animal shelters and the importance of keeping animals safe from different types of weather.