Geometry and Language

Ji Hetuxing

几何图形

Rhoda Weston

westonr@countryday.net

Objectives

• Can speak shapes, colors, adjectives, prepositions
• Can accurately to use “Ba” sentence which is the result or influence of an action
• Can accurately pronounce the objects which the learners create with tangrams
• Can clearly describe location to others

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Language lesson

• Vocabulary: Color, shape
• Prepositions: top, bottom, left, right, middle
• Colors: blue, orange, yellow, red, green
• Shapes: square, triangle, Parallelogram
• Size: big, small, medium
• Nouns: cat, person, dog, cake, tree
• Grammar: ba A fangzai B de preposition

把A 放在B 的上面

History

Evolution

Go West

Application

Language

Projects

Extension

Tangrams

Color

Shapes

Adjectives

Preposition

Objects

Grammar 1

Grammar 2

Grammar 3

sānjiǎoxíng

Píng xíng sì biān xíng

zhèng fāng xíng

Color

Shapes

Adjectives

Preposition

Objects

Grammar 1

Grammar 2

Grammar 3

大

中

小

大

dà

中

zhōng

小

xiǎo

Color

Shapes

Adjectives

Preposition

Objects

Grammar 1

Grammar 2

Grammar 3

Zhōng

jian

Yòu bian

Zuǒ bian

Shàng bian

Xià bian

Color

Shapes

Adjectives

Preposition

Objects

Grammar 1

Grammar 2

Grammar 3

https://mathigon.org/tangram

māo

rén

gǒu

dàngāo

shù

Color

Shapes

Adjectives

Preposition

Objects

Grammar 1

Grammar 2

Grammar 3

� is on the R side of .

zài

de

yòu bian

zài

de

zài

de

zuǒ bian

xià bian

Color

Shapes

Adjectives

Preposition

Objects

Grammar 1

Grammar 2

Grammar 3

�Small is on the R of the . �

zài

de

yòu bian

zài

de

zài

de

zuǒ bian

xià bian

小

xiǎo

Xiǎo

Dà

大

dà

Color

Shapes

Adjectives

Preposition

Objects

Grammar 1

Grammar 2

Grammar 3

Take put on ’s right.

fàngzài

de

Yòu bian

de

de

Zuǒ bian

Xià bian

bǎ

放在

fàngzài

把

bǎ

Color

Shapes

Adjectives

Preposition

Objects

Grammar 1

Grammar 2

Grammar 3

Game time

You xi shi jian

Follow my lead

Time: 3 minutes

Members: Teams of 2

Materials: solutions; 1 set tangram per team

Directions:

• Teacher will provide the solution or the speaking teammate will find solution but cannot let their other teammate see the solution
• One teammate speaks while the other one lay the tangram that was spoken
• The speaker must put their hands behind their back.

Result: The team who completes the most tangrams within the allotted time wins

Game 1

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Game 4

Game 5

Game 6

Create a short conversation

Time: 15 minutes

Members: Teams of 2-3

Materials: 2-3 sets of tangrams

Directions:

• Create the short story conversation with tangrams.
• Must use all 7 pieces, the pieces must lay flat, each piece must touch at least 1 other piece and no pieces may overlap.
• Make a conversation with the object which group induvial created.
• 2 person groups need to have 3 exchanges.
• 3 person groups need to have 2 exchanges.

Result: Record with Flipgrid

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Game 2

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Game 4

Game 5

Game 6

Team work

Time: 10 minutes

Members: Teams of 4-5

Materials: 2 sets of tangrams

Directions:

• 2 groups
• Select one person from each group
• Teacher will give out the shape of the object.
• Each team will take turns describing what to do to complete the solution.
• Everyone has 30 seconds.

Result: The team who complete the most solutions wins

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Game 6

My points are yours

Time: 10 minutes

Members: Team of 4-5

Materials: tangram website: https://mathigon.org/tangram

Directions:

• 2 groups
• Everyone will be given a Post-It note
• Individuals will follow the link or use the tangram to solve the problem
• When problem is solved, each individual will mark on their Post-It note
• Collect the Post-It notes at the end of the session

Result:

Calculate the marks from each group with most mark wins

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Game 6

To Be Continued

Time: 15 minutes

Members: Teams of 4-5

Materials: 2 sets of paper tangrams

Directions:

• 2 groups
• Teacher will provide 2 sets of paper or magnet tangrams to put on the whiteboard.
• Teacher gives the different shape of objects on the board
• Students will take turns describing the shape of the tangram using accurate color, size, adjectives, prepositions
• If a person provides an incorrect answer, their teammate will start from beginning and continue until the description leads to a correct answer
• The last person need to complete the whole description to describe the solution.

Result:

The team with the fewest errors wins

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Game 6

Answer the questions

Time: 15 minutes

Members: Teams of 2-3

Materials: 1 set of tangram

Directions:

• Teacher will provide the same shape of the tangram to each team
• Teams will answer trivia/questions in class
• Teams who answer correctly, will have a 30 sec. solve the tangram
• If there are some solution on the board, other team can continue what opponent left.

Result:

The team who completes the tangram solutions soonest wins.

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Game 6

Guessing where

Time: 15 minutes

Members: Teams of 2-3

Materials: 1 set of tangram

Directions:

• Teacher will provide the same shape of the tangram
• Teammates will take turn to ask where the shape is. Ex Is the blue square on the left side of the red triangle?
• Teacher only answers yes or not.
• Who solve the solution needs to raised hand and say “ Wo hao le” which means I got it.

Result:

The team who completes the tangram solutions soonest wins.

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Game 6

Game 7