Vocabulary. We often think it applies to social studies and science….but some math units have a boatload of vocabulary. If they don’t quite grasp or get this vocabulary, our kiddos won’t be successful.
My oldest has just reached his geometry unit, and we are surrounded by words that he has never heard of. Seriously, perpendicular lines isn’t a word I often use when talking to my children.
Knowing that he will not be successful in this unit without mastering these new words, I have created two activities to help him learn and understand geometry vocabulary words such as line, ray, line segments, parallel lines, and perpendicular lines.
Prep Work For Geometry Vocabulary Interactive Book
This activity has two options with different level of prep-work.
Very Little Prep Work (the kiddos do all the work)
- Print off the book
- Provide scissors and a stapler for your child or students
- During math time, have them cut out the book and staple it together.
- Have them cut out the pictures and vocabulary words.
More Prep Work For You
- Print off book
- Cut out the books and staple them together
- Either cut out the pictures and vocabulary words or let the children do that depending on the amount of time you want to spend.
How to Implement
We did this interactive geometry vocabulary book before we did anything else, so my little guy had absolutely no clue what the words meant.
We started by looking up the words in the interactive dictionary. We would read the definition, play with the lines, and then move back to the book.
Once we knew the definition, we would take the vocabulary word and find the definition in our book. We would then glue in the word int he blanks.
Next, we would find the picture that matched the vocabulary word and definition, and that was glued in.
Finally, we used our rulers to draw our own version.
Not only did we have fun learning about the words, but we now have a great resource that will help us as we play our Bingo game and complete the assignments from his math book.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
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What’s your favorite way to introduce new vocabulary to your children?