Direct Instruction
We have been learning about Geometry and Measurement this term. Today we are learning about transformation of shapes and trying to remember what each word means (rotation, reflection, repetition, tessellation, translation).
During this lesson I wanted to enable students to make choices about how they did what they were asked to do - I gave them choices in what to do, how to do it, who to do it with, and where to share it.
First I modelled what these were, then students went away and made a DLO showing each part using their own words/explanation.
To deepen our understanding of rotation, we learnt about degrees/turns (E.g. that 90 degree is 1/4 turn) and played a little drill game to help them remember this.
Next we talked about tessellation and students chose to either make tessellation art on their netbook using Google Drawing or on paper using cut out shapes.
