Brett's Math Stuff

This Powerpoint is created as a companion piece for the book "Spaghetti and Meatballs For All," by Marilyn Burns. This humorous story illustrates the relationship between area and perimeter, as the family realizes that as they push tables together there are less seats available. Using the Powerpoint along with the story allows for a full class to see the actions important to the story line, and to make the connections between area and perimeter, and realize why area can remain constant but p

This Powerpoint gives you exiting sound and animation Bingo spinners for teaching primary students the following Geometry shapes: Circle, Square, Rhombus, Triangle, Hexagon, Pentagon. You have two spinner types to choose from... one that shows the actual shapes, and one that shows the shape words. It's great for Smartboards, since the students can spin the spinner themselves. There are printable Bingo cards for you to pass out to your students at the end of the Powerpoint file. (Powerpoint