Tuesday, February 10, 2009

SHAPES

Last week we looked at 2-D Shapes: triangle, circle, oval, square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, and hexagons. We made a Shape Mural, made pattern block pictures, and even made our own "Book of Shapes" by turning 2-D shapes into people, animals, and/or things.

Table 3 Sharing their Shape Mural of the Ocean

This week we are identifying 3-D shapes: cube, rectangular prism, sphere, cone, triangular prism, and cylinder. Tomorrow we will take a Shape Hunt around our classroom to look for 3-D shapes. Students will be given a Shape Hunt paper to take home. They will look around their house for 3-D Shapes.

Examples:
  • cylinder - soda can, trash can, mustard bottle, etc.
  • cube - microwave, box, ice cube, etc.
  • sphere - orange, basketball, etc.
  • rectangular prism - refridgerator, cereal box, etc.
  • cone - ice cream cone, party hat, etc.
  • triangular prism - tent, piece of cake, etc.

HAPPY HUNTING!

1 comment:

Jenny Nash said...

Again, reading your blog makes me wish I was in Kindergarten! :) Sounds like fun!