Beginning Slider, Flipper, Turner

Uses the correct motions guided by more developed intuition, but not always accurate in direction and amount (adjusts these with trial and error).

Activities

You may see this:

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Other Examples:

  • Knows a shape has to be flipped to match another shape, but flips it in the wrong direction. 

Help your student become a(n) Beginning Slider, Flipper, Turner

Activities encourage children to move shapes or other objects into a position such as pieces into a puzzle, using slides, turns, and flips. Describing children's actions with these spatial terms enhances these experiences.

Piecing Pentominoes Together
Piecing Pentominoes Together

Small Group

Quick Shapes: Symmetry
Quick Shapes: Symmetry

Computer Activity

Shape Puzzles [Level 4]
Shape Puzzles [Level 4]

Computer Activity

Special Thanks To

Institute of Education Sciences
The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through grant numbers R305K050157, R305A120813, R305A110188, and R305A150243. to the University of Denver. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
Bill & Melinda Gates foundation
Heising Simons foundation