A WALK THROUGH GRADE 2 GEOMETRY    

     USING    

  GARDNER’S NINE INTELLIGENCES   

Visual/Spatial

Use tangram puzzles to create various pictures

Logical/Mathematical

Organize two- and three-dimensional shapes into different categories. Explain how you grouped the shapes

Verbal/Linguistic

Play spell concentration with the various shape words

Musical/Rhythmic

Sing “the shape song”

Bodily/kinesthetic

Create 3d shapes out of nets, and then out of everyday objects such as boxes, bottles, cans, etc…

Interpersonal/social

Read “the shape story” and discuss the value of being different, as well as the differing functions that each shape (or person) can fulfill

Intrapersonal/introspective

in math journals communicate what types of shapes you come into contact at home. How do these shapes play a role in your life?

Naturalist

Do a nature walk to find different shapes in both nature and in human-made structures

Emotional

Discuss the feelings of the characters in “the shape story”.  Consider why certain shapes (or people) might want to be only with those like themselves