Tuesday, May 6, 2014

String Shapes

We've been reviewing some work we started last term 
on shapes.
(See our shape song here.)

Today we made string shapes. It took a lot of negotiation and checking to get our shapes right, especially with the hexagons!









Can you guess these words? 
(They are all names of shapes.)

t - - - - - - - 
s - - - - -
o - - -
r - - - - - - - -
o - - - - - - 
c - - - - -
d - - - - - -
r - - - - - - - -


5 comments:

  1. Dear B4

    It was hard to make a hexagon in our group but we made a diamond.
    Can you find a hexagon at your home?

    Your pal Caleb

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  2. Dear Anika
    On your birthday have a great day. I hope I come but you're taking Jamie. Happy birthday and Mes MsKenzie. All of you that are having birthdays. Mrs McKenzie you are the best teacher ever.
    But I will give you a present Anika.

    FROM ASHANTAY

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  3. Hi B4

    We like your song, because you told us more about shapes.

    We are learning about shapes this term. We made pictures with shapes today.

    Bye for now
    Room 4 - Broadlands School

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    1. Dear Room 4
      We're glad that you like our song. We had fun making it.

      Reagan learned that a hexagon can be any shape with 6 sides.
      Ben learned that rectangles have 2 long sides and 2 short sides.
      Korbyn learned that a square has to have 4 sides the same length.
      Emmalia learned that a rectangle can have a different name - oblong.
      Ryan learned that a block shape is a cube.
      Caleb learned that flat surface inside the sides is called the face.
      Jamie learned that a box shape is called a cube.
      Bobby learned that a circle has one side and 0 corners.
      Ethan learned that an oval has one side and 0 corners.
      Chelsea learned that pointy bits are called corners.
      Samuel learned that corners can be called vertices.

      Can you tell us a fact about a shape?

      bye for now
      B4

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  4. Dear B4,

    I loved your string shapes! I've never seen a human string shape before. I'll have to do this with my class.

    Here we call the spot where two sides meet a vertex. The plural of vertex is vertices. What do you call the spot where two sides meet?

    Your geometry-loving friend,
    Mrs. Y♥llis

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