Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

POPSICLE STICKS AND GLUE

We’re building a village of popsicle sticks,

Just popsicle sticks and glue:

Houses and fences, sidewalks and streets,

A school and a library, too;

Museums, churches, temples, shops,

A playground, a park, and a zoo.

Isn’t it wonderful what we can do

With popsicle sticks and a new tube of glue?

Leslie D. Perkins

In this chapter you will:

Use models and formulas

Relate plane and solid figures

Investigate spatial relationships

Solve problems using a drawing or model

Critical Thinking/Finding Together

Use popsicle sticks to build a border

around your desk. How many popsicle

sticks did you use? Compare your

border and the number of sticks used

with classmates.

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