Author: Jaana Auer
School,country:
Helsingin Uusi yhteiskoulu, Finland
Level: 7th
Grade, 13-years old
Subject: Math, English, Art
Title of the
activity: Practical Geometry
Justification
and description of the activity:
I have a
special education class with students who have different problems such as
dysfasia, asperger syndrome and adhd. On Tuesday we had first Math, after that
English and finally Art. I decided to combine all those subjects because we had
geometry in Math and repetition of colours in our English chapter and Art.
First we
repeated what kind of geometric figures
( in Finnish and English) there are
and I gave geoboards, rubber bands and handouts for everybody and they started
to make different figures. They could also use their own imagination to
make all kinds of figures, animals etc.
They counted
the triangles and other figures from two boards and named them.
After that
we rehearsed the colour wheel;
secondary and complementary colours. I gave them pictures of four different
animals, (deer, fox, elephant and reindeer) made from different geometric
figures and they chose one of them. Then they coloured the picture using two
complementary colours by their own choise.
(Next day we continued
doing math and students mesured the wall in the classroom and counted the area
and the amount of paint that would cover the wall and how much that would cost)
Sessions: 3
x 90 minute lessons
Grouping: 10
students
Resources:
Geoboards, rubber bands, handouts,animal pictures, crayons, waxchalks, web
pages
