Notes from gr.6 Geometric Drawing Block

I prefer to do String, Straight-edge & Shadow: The Story of Geometry as its own block and then schedule time for a separate Geometric Drawing block. Last year we didn't attempt Geometric Drawing in the Outdoor Classroom, so we are circling back now and devoting some time on it. First, a bit of review!

These notes will be updated as we go along.

Wed, Jan 5

recall reading String, Straight-edge & Shadow: The Story of Geometry by Julia Diggins last year



Montessori material: 12 Identical Blue Triangles and Activity Set

Montessori material: Geometric Cabinet Control Chart

Thu, Jan 6

Montessori material: review nomenclature with Geometric Cabinet Nomenclature Three Part Cards


Montessori material: Detective Adjective Exericse and Command Cards

Mon, Jan 10

Quadrilateral Family Tree Cut and Paste Activity
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determine the purpose of hash marks (to show equal lengths) and arrows (to show parallel lines)

Tue, Jan 11

explore how to draw perfect circles in the dirt (two sticks, string)

introduce compass

practice making circles

make figures 2 and 3 from Waldorf Geometry for Homeschoolers: Grade 6 by Barbara Dewey

Wed, Jan 12

begin Geometric Drawing MLB with quote from Plato

add figures 2 and 3 along with an explanation of how to make them

practice figure 4 from Dewey

Thu, Jan 13

add figure 4 along with an explanation of how to make it

practice figures 5 and 6 from Dewey

Tue, Jan 18

add figure 5 along with an explanation of how to make it

practice figures 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 from Dewey

Wed, Jan 19

continue to practice figures 7, 8, and 9

rough draft explanation of how to make figure 6

Thu, Jan 20

add figures 6, 7, 8, and 9 along with an explanation of how to make them

practice figure 10 from Dewey



learn how to bisect an angle, and divide a circle into 12 equal parts using only a compass and straightedge (Geometric Drawing and the Waldorf School Plan by Hermann von Baravalle, pp.14-15)



explore the 24-division of a circle

Tue, Jan 25

rough draft an explanation of how to bisect an angle using a compass and a straightedge

Wed, Jan 26

add how to bisect an angle to MLB

learn how to draw a perpendicular bisector to a given line AB (Geometry Lessons in the Waldorf School vol.2 by Ernst Schuberth, pp.64-65)



learn how to trisect an angle using a compass, a straightedge, and a strip of paper (von Baravelle, p.22)

Tue, Feb 1

add how to draw a perpendicular bisector to MLB

review area of square/rectangle, triangle, rhombus/parallelogram, and trapezoid

Finding the Area of Trapezoids Task Cards

Wed, Feb 2

add how to trisect an angle to MLB

NOTE: Ernst Schuberth's Geometry Lessons in the Waldorf School eBook (grades 4 & 5) and First Steps in Proven Geometry for the Upper Elementary Grades eBook (grade 6) are both available online for free as PDFs from the Online Waldorf Library. Also available for free is A. Renwick Sheen's excellent Geometry and the Imagination: The Imaginative Treatment of Geometry in Waldorf Education.

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