Starburst Pictures

After drawing and coloring our Starburst Pictures, the children cut them out and we posted them on the bulletin boards.

Thursday night I saw this link for Starburst Pictures on the Teaching Ideas website and tweeted by @Cristama on Twitter. The website includes step by step directions for constructing the designs. After a crazy week wrapping up our projects for Medieval History and preparing for Core Knowledge Night, which I will write more about in my next post, we needed a change of pace.

We tried this project on Friday. We did it as part of our math lesson. After working on problem solving for a while, we reviewed geometry vocabulary; points, lines, line segments, angles, and vertices. We discussed obtuse and acute angles. (I am an expert at finding ways to connect things I want to do to district curriculum.) This activity also proved to be good practice in following directions. The step by step instructions included in the lesson plan, make this easy A few of us had to start over, because we had trouble with the directions. The kids were surprised and delighted with this little diversion from long division. Thank you @Cristama!

May 8, 2010 - Posted by Barbara Day | Education, Uncategorized | art, geometry, math

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My name is Barbara Day, and I just completed my twenty-fifth year of teaching. During that time I have taught first, second, third, and fourth grades. For the past 22 years, I have been teaching in an Iowa public school of choice. Our school is a traditional school that teaches the Core Knowledge curriculum, in addition to regular school district curriculum. This means that in fourth grade, we study everything from the American Revolution to Medieval history. As a teacher, I am constantly a student, and as I learn, the kids learn with me. As a teacher, I am also an actor, an artist, a writer, and a graphic designer. I have always said that one of the great things about being a teacher is you can color, cut and paste, build things, and play games with the kids, and no one questions your maturity or sanity. Teaching can keep you young or age you, and often it does both, all on the same day.

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I have just completed my 25th year in the classroom. I've spent 22 of those years teaching at the same school. During that time I've taught grades 1 through 4, but I've spent the past fifteen years in 4th grade. I do not profess to be an expert on anything, except the classroom, and anyone who spends any time at all in the classroom, knows that no one is really an expert on the classroom. Teaching is ever changing, frequently challenging, but never boring. I am always prospecting for the next treasure of an idea. I'm sharing some of what works for me, and sometimes what did not work for me. Please share your gems as well. My comments do not reflect any viewpoint but my own.
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