Subtitle: Geometry in the Real World
Geometric figures and concepts such as lines, line segments, rays, right angles, and parallel are difficult for my fourth grade students to recall. Students have difficulty with measurement problems. They use measurement tools incorrectly and do not have a basic sense of centimeters, inches, meters, feet, yards. I wanted my students to get more experience with real measurement, and develop a sense of why it is important to measure correctly in the real world. I decided to invite my sister, Nelda Braver, who is a professional architect, to visit our class. She generously agreed to come show my students some of her work, and some of the tools she used back before computers were used to generate design drawings. Continue reading
