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SC Math Standards: Geometry Part 2

  • Laura Rogers
  • Friday, November 06, 2020
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Help your second or third-grade students master the SC Geometry Standards while having fun together! 

Math is all around us. From playing with LEGO's to making a batch of your favorite cookies, math plays a part in our everyday lives. Children can learn a lot from having a caring adult give them the language and context to understand how these simple everyday activities relate to the world of mathematics. Integrating the vocabulary of math into conversations and play will help children make connections that will serve them well in the study of mathematics as a formal subject in school. Let's take a look at the Geometry standards for South Carolina second and third graders and find ways to explore these concepts together.  

Geometry for Second Grade:

Students work with shapes and objects, dividing shapes into parts and establish a foundation for fractions.

What are the standards for second grade and how will I know if my child can meet them? Your child has met the geometry standards for second grade when: 
  • My child can identify triangles, quadrilaterals, hexagons, and cubes and draw shapes with a specific number of sides.
  • My child can divide a rectangle into equal-sized rows and columns and count to find the total number of the parts. 

  • My child can divide shapes into equal parts, and understand a half, a fourth, a half of, and a fourth of. 
  • My child can recognize that parts of an object become smaller as the number of parts increases. 

Geometry for Third Grade:

Students learn about area, angles, and the categories of shapes.

What are the geometry standards for third grade and how will I know if my child can meet them? Your child has met the geometry standards for third grade when:
  • My child can understand that shapes can share features and those features can be part of a larger category. Squares and rectangles are both four-sided and they are part of the category “quadrilateral.” 
  • My child can partition (separate) two-dimensional shapes into 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 equal parts and understand that the equal parts do not have to have the same shape. Half of a circle and half of a rectangle are equal in size because they are halves even though the shape is different. 
  • My child can identify and draw angles: right (90 degrees), acute (less than 90 degrees), and obtuse (greater than 90 degrees).
  • My child can identify a three-dimensional object like a pyramid from a two-dimensional object (flat pattern).

Activities and Multimedia

Learn about different types of angles from this catchy song. 

Activities

The Tahoe Teacher has some great ideas for introducing Geometry concepts and making Math notebooks. 

Make these geometric robots together. 

Explore simple fractions here. 

Use a simple geoboard to make shapes. 

Make simple anchor charts for your student to refer to. Fun and informative!

This can be a little tricky, but practice makes perfect. Grab a protractor and give it a try! 

Looking for more resources to teach the SC Education Standards? Visit the SC Education Standards page. 

Books to Read: 

The titles below will help you and your child learn about Geometry. Want us to pull books for you? Contact us at 803-799-9084 and request to have books sent to your nearest Richland Library location. 

Peg+Cat. Super Peg and Cat Guy.

Peg+Cat. Super Peg and Cat Guy.

Published in 2016
Explore basic math and geometry concepts as Super Peg and Cat Guy solve the city's problems. When these two friends put their minds together, they find that it's super fun to use math to save the day!
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Cubes, Cones, Cylinders & Spheres

Cubes, Cones, Cylinders & Spheres

Hoban, Tana.
Published in 2000
Photographs of all kinds of familiar objects depict a variety of shapes, including cubes, cones, and spheres.
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Book
 
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes

Hoban, Tana.
Published in 1986
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Book
 
So Many Circles, So Many Squares

So Many Circles, So Many Squares

Hoban, Tana.
Published in 1998
The geometric concepts of circles and squares are shown in photographs of wheels, signs, pots, and other familiar objects.
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Book
 
Plotting Points and Position

Plotting Points and Position

King, Andrew, 1961-
Published in 1998
Uses games and projects to introduce the concepts of coordinates and angles and how to find location and position.
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Book
 
Polygons

Polygons

Leech, Bonnie Coulter.
Published in 2007
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Book
 
Quadrilaterals

Quadrilaterals

Leech, Bonnie Coulter.
Published in 2007
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Book
 
Triangles

Triangles

Leech, Bonnie Coulter.
Published in 2007
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Book
 
Fabulous Fractions

Fabulous Fractions

Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun
Long, Lynette.
Published in 2001
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Book
 
Eating Fractions

Eating Fractions

McMillan, Bruce.
Published in 1991
Food is cut into halves, quarters, and thirds to illustrate how parts make a whole. Simple recipes included.
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Book
 
I Spy Shapes in Art

I Spy Shapes in Art

Micklethwait, Lucy.
Published in 2004
Presents objects with the shape of a heart, a triangle, a square and other shapes through paintings by such artists as Magritte, Escher, and Matisse.
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Book
 
Give Me Half!

Give Me Half!

Murphy, Stuart J., 1942-
Published in 1996
Introduces the concept of halves using a simple rhyming story about a brother and sister who do not want to share their food.
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Book
 
City Shapes

City Shapes

Murray, Diana.
Published in 2016
"A young girl walks through the bustling city, while a pigeon flies above, both spotting hidden shapes at every turn"-- Provided by publisher.
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Book
 
Inchworm and a Half

Inchworm and a Half

Pinczes, Elinor J.
Published in 2001
Several small worms use their varying lengths to measure the vegetables in a garden.
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Book
 
Angles

Angles

Smoothey, Marion, 1943-
Published in 1993
Explores the world of angles and how they can be created, measured, and used in various activities.
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Book
 
Circles

Circles

Smoothey, Marion, 1943-
Published in 1993
Introduces the importance and uses of circles through a variety of problems and activities.
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Book
 
Quadrilaterals

Quadrilaterals

Smoothey, Marion, 1943-
Published in 1993
Introduces quadrilaterals, which are closed shapes made up of four straight lines, through a combination of theory and problems.
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Book
 
Shapes

Shapes

Smoothey, Marion, 1943-
Published in 1993
Explores the world of shapes and how they can be drawn, measured, and used in various activities.
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Book
 
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Laura Rogers

Children's Room Education Studio Reading Specialist

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