Polygons Doodle Notes
Classifying, naming, and sketching polygons: visual interactive "doodle note"
When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity:
- new learning
- relaxation (less math anxiety)
- visual connections
- better memory & retention of the content!
Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on. Graphic doodle and sketch notes take full advantage of Dual Coding Theory (the way brains process visual and linguistic information) to maximize retention.
Content includes:
- definition of polygon
- regular poygons
- congruent figures
- classifying by number of sides
- naming & sketching
- visuals & examples
Check out the preview images for more detail about this item and the research behind it.
Visual note taking strategies like sketch notes or doodle notes are based on dual coding theory. When we can blend the text input with graphic/visual input, the student brain processes the information differently and can more easily convert the new learning into long-term memory.
This strategy also integrates the left and right hemispheres of the brain to increase focus, learning, and retention!
1 page is included, plus an answer key, sample, and info.
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Reviews from other teachers:
-These were really great notes to help keep my students engaged during the lesson. They keep requesting more Doodle Notes because they like them so much. Thank you!
-My students LOVE Doodle Notes! As always, an awesome product from Math Giraffe. I have purchased several of these now, and I see great engagement every time we use them.
-Loved using in my interactive notebook
-Had to tweak just a bit to make it fit for my 4th graders but overall a really good resource!
-Great resource for all of my Math Intervention groups.
-My kids were excited about note taking! I love that it's not too easy and there are questions along the way that make them stop and think about the concept more deeply.