Geometry Talks Shapes Number Talks Spatial & Geometric Thinking Grades 3+
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Description
This geometry talks resource includes 250 ready to go prompts for grades 3+. Use these number talk inspired prompts to provide VISUAL practice of geometry concepts.
With daily visual shape practice (in various forms and models) your students’ spatial orientation will develop and grow.
Use our geometry talks during whole group, small group math instruction, math intervention sessions and more!
What is a Geometry Talk?
Geometry Talks are an activity you can do with your whole class to build spatial and geometric thinking.
Students analyze images of shapes and share their thought process.
Let’s face it, geometry units can be very difficult for many students.
Combining the visual prompts and the discourse generated from your talks will give your students the extra boost they need to conceptually understand and compare shapes.
What is included in this resource?
- 250 ready to go prompts (available in print and digital form)
- Information and guidance on what a geometry talk is and how to get started
- Ready to print teacher prompts to drive student conversation during a geometry talk
- Checklist to keep track of which prompts you use
What geometry skills are covered in this resource?
- What's the Shape?: visuals include all placement in all different rotations, along with real world objects and shapes within shapes)
- Attributes of Shapes: students will identify and describe side and angle properties of shapes
- What Can You Make?: Students will identify what new shape is formed when you put certain shapes together.
- What Did You Make?: Students will be asked to split shapes to form new shapes.
- What's he Rule?: Students will identify the rule of how a set of shapes were sorted.
- Venn Diagrams: Students will identify the shapes that are placed incorrectly on the Venn Diagram.
- Shape Twins: Students will decide which shapes are most alike and why within a group of shapes.
- Two Truths And A Lie: Students will create two truths and a lie based on a group of shapes
- Always, Sometimes or Never: Students will complete each prompt with those 3 words based on the visual provided.
Why use Fraction Talks in your classroom?
Most of us start our geometry unit towards the end of the year. And if you’re anything like me, you start the unit in a state of panic a few weeks before state testing. You rush through all of the geometry standards so you can breathe a sign of relief as you say “Well, I covered all of my curriculum before the test!”
But your geometry unit shouldn’t be completed hastily….it shouldn’t be a last-minute thought.
Geometry should be exploratory.
Students need time to play, interact with, and evaluate shapes.
Who should purchase this resource?
- Teachers looking for resources that require deep thinking
- Teachers looking for READY TO GO math activities
- Teachers wanting ZERO PREP math activities
- Teachers seeking opportunities to boost geometry skills in the classroom
