Pentominoes are enjoyable and brain-teasing for young children! In this activity, students are given 5 tiles (or 1" squares of construction paper) to arrange into groups where they touch each other with at least 1 full side touching another tile's full side. Children trace around their arrangements, making sure that each one is different than the others. Once the student has filled their paper with formations of pentominoes they will cut out each layout. Now the real challenge begins as they try to see how many pentominoes they can fit together like a giant puzzle!
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Terry Palmieri specializes in the development and implementation of standard-based educational math and literacy activities for students in K - 2nd grade. During her 25 years of experience as a classroom teacher for students in the first three grade levels, she gravitated toward the use and development of interactive center activities to maximize learning. Positive feedback from colleagues who participated in her local and statewide workshops prompted Terry to share this experience-based expertise with other educators through her teacher-friendly math activity resources. Terry served as the Math Specialist in a Primary Project Child classroom with the Palm Beach County School Board for 5 years. She continues to develop standard-based educational math and literacy activities for students in K - 2nd grade. Her students' success with innovative interactive center activities and their enthusiasm for learning ignites her passion for continuous improvement.
