Just as numbers are the words that let us speak the language of math, shapes like squares, triangles, and circles are the vehicles--let's call them "spaceshapes"--that launch us into a whole new mathematical dimension. Mathematicians and scientists are continually using the things they learn about shapes in nature to come up with handy inventions. A bottle of roll-on antiperspirant works the same way as a ball-and socket joints in our boddies! And so does a ballpoint pen!
So, get ready to discover lots of things about geometric shapes. Let's start by READING TRAFFIC SIGNS. Long before you can read the words on a sign, you can often tell what signs are going to say just by looking at their shapes. Please look for signs that are shapes. Try to determine if the are WARNING shapes, YIELD (or give way) shapes, CROSSING shapes, or REGULATION shapes. Please make a list and draw the shapes and be able to describe what the signs mean. HAVE FUN!! Write about your findings and send to school. Please use complete sentences with correct punctuation, capital letters and spacing.
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