Everyday Math Unit 3: Geometry Explorations
Updated 8-16-15
In this unit, students will investigate geometry through a variety of hands-on activities.
Topics studied include:
Download the Unit 3 Objectives to view samples of each objective studied in this unit.
Download the Unit 3 Family Letter for more information about this unit, including vocabulary definitions, new algorithms, at-home suggestions, and answers to selected study link questions. Scroll down the page to find games, skills practice, and video tutorials specific to this unit of study.
One of the most important skills students will need for fifth grade math is automatic recall of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. I strongly encourage all students to practice math facts at home for at least 5 minutes each night. Our class will be charting progress as we take Facts Master practice tests each week, with the goal of correctly answering all 300 problems in under 10 minutes.
Downloads
Mr. Bowen's Tutorials
In this unit, students will investigate geometry through a variety of hands-on activities.
Topics studied include:
- Angles (classification and measurement)
- Polygons (classification, properties, angle measures)
- Triangles (classification, angle measures)
- Circles (radius, diameter, chord)
- Congruent and Similar Figures
- Line Symmetry
- Lines, Line Segments, Rays (review of Geometry Terms)
Download the Unit 3 Objectives to view samples of each objective studied in this unit.
Download the Unit 3 Family Letter for more information about this unit, including vocabulary definitions, new algorithms, at-home suggestions, and answers to selected study link questions. Scroll down the page to find games, skills practice, and video tutorials specific to this unit of study.
One of the most important skills students will need for fifth grade math is automatic recall of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. I strongly encourage all students to practice math facts at home for at least 5 minutes each night. Our class will be charting progress as we take Facts Master practice tests each week, with the goal of correctly answering all 300 problems in under 10 minutes.
Downloads
- Unit 3 Study Links
- Unit 3 Vocabulary Cards
- Geometry Terms and Symbols
- Geometry Terms Definitions
- Quadrilaterals Venn Diagram PowerPoint
- Angle Tangle Game Handout
- Protractors (print on transparency film) + Small Version
- Polygon Capture Game (scroll for directions and game cards)
- Unit 3 Study Guide + Answers!
Mr. Bowen's Tutorials
- Measuring Angles
- Measuring Reflex Angles
- Drawing Angles
- Angles Formed by Intersecting Lines
- Missing Angles Example
- Complementary and Supplementary Angles
- Angles in a Triangle
- Angles in a Quadrilateral
- Properties of Polygons
- Circles
- Naming Triangles
Games and Interactives
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Basic Geometry
Angles
Triangles
Polygons
Number Sense
Place Value
Basic Geometry
- Symmetry Draw
- Symmetry Sort (scroll to find)
- Do You Know Symmetry?
- Transformations
- Transformations Golf
- Magic Circle Activity
- Symmetry Interactive
- Phet Estimation (try this!)
- Geometry Applets (lots)
Angles
- What's My Angle?
- Ninja Angles
- Gorilla Angles
- Golf Angles Game
- Banana Angles
- Baseball Geometry - Labeling Angles
- Baseball Geometry - Types of Angles
- Anti-Homework Angles
- Hitting the Target
- Alien Angles
- Guess Random Angles
- Geometry Hidden Picture
- Angle Measure
- Spaceships
- Hellicopter Shootdown
- Airmadillos
- Pool Geometry
- Measure Angles
- Age of the Angles
Triangles
- Triangle Sort (scroll to find)
- Classifying Triangles
- Triangle Shoot
- Types of Triangles
- Interactive Triangles
- Interactive Triangles 2
Polygons
- Properties of Shapes Venn
- Classifying Polygons (Venn creator)
- Dupligon
- Polygon Sort (scroll to find)
- Shapes (scroll to find)
- Angle Sums
- Interactive Polygons
- Polygon Explorer
- Quadrilateral Quest
- Shape Guess
- Quadrilateral Warfare
Number Sense
- Johnnie's Math Numbers and Operations - lots of interactive tools
- Johnnie's Math Numbers and Operations 2 - lots of interactive tools (advanced)
- Primary Krypto (similar to 24, but with different target numbers)
- Broken Calculator
- Connect Sums
- Number Balls
- Crazy Counting Machine (click "Crazy Counter" at the top of the page)
- Da' Numba (make a given number)
- Count the Cubes
- Math Pathways (rules)
- Multiplication Baseball
- Multiplication Baseball with Extended Facts
- Math Lingo (math terms)
- Twenty Four
- 4 Numbers Game (another variation of 24)
- Arithmetic Game
- Hexagon Numbers Match
- Arithmetic Chart (try Factors)
- Estimation Game
- Sum Sense Division
- Sum Sense Multiplication
- Sum Sense Subtraction
- Sum Sense Addition
- Picture Math
- Math Search
- Ivy's Meadow (Number Lines)
- Math Man
- Math Man Expert
- Quick Calculate
- Quick Math (choose the operation that completes each number sentence. Be fast!)
- Math Lines
- Dead Sea Duel
- Make 15
- Home Run Derby Math
- Carpenter's Cut
- Scooter Quest Rounding Decimals
Place Value
- Johnnie's Math Place Value - lots of games and interactive tools
- Place Value Pirates
- Ordering Numbers (try "Tricky Decimals")
- Place Value Strategy
- Mystery Numbers
- Expanded Form Matching
- Scooter Quest Place Value
- Place Value Puzzler
- Math Man Expanded Form
- Digit Wize (expanded form)
- Place Value Game
- Fruit Shoot Place Value Decimals (leveled)
- Fruit Splat Compare Decimals
- High Number Toss
Skills Practice
Need more practice with angles? Want to make sure you remember the types of triangles? Try some of these practice quizzes.
Basic Geometry
- Congruency
- Symmetry
- Magic Circle Activity (try this!)
Angles
- Types of Angles 1
- Types of Angles 2
- Types of Angles 4
- Angle Types
- Protractor 1
- Protractor 2
- Protractor 3
- Protractor 4
- Measure Angles
- Estimating Angles 1
- Estimating Angles 2
- Estimating Angles 3
- Name the Angle 1
- Name the Angle 2
- Name the Angle 3
Triangles
Quadrilaterals
Polygons
Video Tutorials
Forgot the difference between lines and rays? Can't remember how to measure angles? Watch these video tutorials from the Khan Academy. Most video clips are between 5 and 10 minutes in length and are presented in a simple, yet easy-to-understand format.
Basic Geometry
- Basic Language and Notation
- Lines, Line Segments, Rays
- Parts of a Circle
- Symmetry
- Symmetry (illustrator)
Angles
- Angle Basics
- Kinds of Angles
- Measuring Angles in Degrees
- Using a Protractor
- Measuring Angles 2
- Complementary and Supplementary Angles
- Angles at the Intersection of Two Lines
- Vertical, Adjacent, and Linearly Paired Angles
- Vertical Angles
- Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
- The Angle Game
- The Angle Game 2
- Acute, Obtuse, and Right Angles
Triangles
- Sum of Angles in a Triangle
- Classifying Triangles 1
- Classifying Triangles 2
- Classifying Triangles 3
- Triangle Angle Practice 1
- Triangle Angle Practice 2
- Triangle Angle Practice 3
- Similar Triangles 1
- Similar Triangles 2
- Congruent Triangles
Polygons
- Interior Angles
- Quadrilateral Overview
- Quadrilateral Properties
- Quadrilateral Types Exercise
- Categorizing Geometric Shapes
- Kites
Circles
