Banana Hunt Challenge

Today in class I showed you all how to play Banana Hunt. You can find the link if you scroll down and look on the right hand side of the page, or you can click on this link:

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/bananahunt/bhunt.html

Give it a try and see if you can set a high score. Remember to use what you know about angles (straight angles, right angles, reflex angles, etc.) and their measurements so you can get the best possible score. If you've turned in your signed Blogging Terms and Conditions sheet and had it signed by a parent, go ahead and leave a comment on this post to let me know your score! Good luck!

Geometry is All Around Us!

mosaic snowball ball
Originally uploaded by rick13dee9.

Recently the fifth graders have been reviewing the names and properties of various 2 and 3 - dimensional shapes, including circles, polygons, quadrilaterals, prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres. This morning we took a stroll around our school to see just how common geometric shapes are in our everyday lives. Click on the comments to see what the students discovered. While you're at it, how many geometric shapes can you find in this image?