Students will understand simple geometry and measurement concepts as well as collect, represent, and draw conclusions from data.

Describe, classify, and create geometric figures.

Compose and decompose shapes and figures and describe the part-whole relationships, similarities, and differences.

Step One: I introduced the concepts of slide, flip, and rotate through two other activities – a discussion about objects that they are familiar with that slide, flip, and rotate; and modeling what a

slide, flip, and a rotate are using the students’ mathematics workbooks.

Step Two (Here’s where the technology comes in…=): I projected a program onto the Smart Board for the students to see. This program can be found on Mac Notebook. It takes different

letters and slides, flips, and rotates them. I had each student follow along with dye cut letters of their own.

Step Three: The students practiced the new concepts they had learned by completing a worksheet in their mathematics

workbook.

Here is a screen shot of one of the slides that I used. The students would hold up their own dye cut letter A

and then…

Would follow along as the letter on the screen moved until it looked like this. The students would then tell me if what they watched and modeled was a slide, flip, or rotate and

how they knew that.

Here are two more examples of slides that were used in my lesson.

What Went Well? What Could Be Improved?

-The students enjoyed watching each letter move, and then telling me why it was either slide, flip, or rotate.

-It caught the students’ attention again. This was a relatively easy concept for them to grasp, so the technology made the subject more exciting for them.

-I would definitely add shapes to this particular presentation. Students will typically see the concepts of slide, flip, and rotate in relation to shapes, so it would be best to practice with shapes.

-I would add a reference point to the letters and shapes that are being manipulated, such as a dot or a star. This would help the students to better see if the object is sliding, rotating, or flipping.

Student Use of the Technology

The students were definitely active in using this technology as they copied what was happening

on the screen with their dye cut letters.

Technology Use is Essential

I would not say that the technology that I used was essential, but I would say that it was

beneficial.

Focus on Learning Task

This activity had the students focusing on the learning task rather than the technology.

Although they thought that the technology was cool, they were following along with their own letters, and discussing as a class about what

they had seen.

Added Value I would say that the use of the technology definitely added value. The technology was able to wake my students up, and again interest them

in the subject. The technology was able to provide my students with concrete examples,

and was not difficult to implement.