Shapes all around us!

Weekend News

Jaylen- We watched a movie. It was Moana. We had snacks. I played bingo with my sisters.

Millie- I played with my big brother. He went to karate. I played with my family. I played with Kayla, and I stayed home and go to sleep.

Asha- We had movie night. We watched Sing. I went to soccer on Saturday again. 

Natey- I played hide and seek. 

Vivian- I saw a rainbow up in the sky and over my house. I went to out to dinner and had pizza. My friend Casey went out to dinner with me and our parents.

Gracie- I love my daddy. I love my whole house. One time, when my mom was with me, I went to the soccer and then I went to the playground close to there. My dad's so crazy because he makes silly jokes, and Lev makes funny jokes because he is all crazy.

Henry- I'm almost finished the AT-AT. I just need to build more parts of the AT-AT. I think I am going to be done today. I did the calendar and I was playing bowling at home with the corks. 

Zev- I went to a restaurant. A different day, I went to Neck Toony Grunt. I drank things and I ate things. My zayde made my name out of french fries. My mommy said, "Do you like the octoheart?" and I said, "Yes, it's a heart for Octonauts."

Jessica- Ann fell off her horse on her bottom. She hurt her bottom but she is okay. We went to the festival. We went on the slide and we were bouncing and we slided off on the slide, and we had a race. We saw the princesses dance with princes. We had a ticket to go in and we were still playing with it all the days, and I rided a horse.

Lincoln- I waked up and went downstairs and watched tv. Nanny come to the house and we were playing for a little bit.

Thea- I took a walk with mommy to the park. I took a walk back home. I just played all the time with mommy, daddy, and Quinny. 

Dylan- I played with my brother. We played dinosaurs, I think. I went to soccer yesterday. Mom mom watched me when I played soccer practice. 

While drawing this morning, one of the Sparrow's expressed to a friend that they do not know how to draw triangles. From this conversation we thought...why not learn how to draw triangles and other shapes!

During morning meeting we read Shapes All Around Us. Friends read about all sorts of shapes, their attributes, similarities and differences. While reading, friends identified shapes' properties and pointed out what items in our world are certain shapes, such as a slice of pizza is a triangle.

Afterwards, while munching on snack, Sparrows started noticing different shapes all around us! Friends observed that our classroom clock is a circle, the graham crackers they were eating either made a square or rectangle, and the bottom of the plant holder on the table is a square. Friends are now determined to find hexagon!

For right now, we are focusing on triangles, squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, hearts, diamonds and stars. Friends identified the shapes as follows:

Triangle- 3 sides
Square- 4 sides and 4 corners
Rectangle- Kind of like a square but 2 of the sides are short and 2 of the sides are long
Circle- Has curves
Oval- Stretched out circle
Heart- 2 curves and a point at the bottom
Diamond- 4 sides, 2 triangles stuck together
Star- 5 points

Following our group circle, friends entered into choice and chose between making shapes with popsicle sticks, geoboards, maganatiles, and dramatic play.

Friends created squares and triangles out of popsicle sticks to make houses.

Working on shape recognition and fine motor skills!

Friends conversed in an organized and respectful manner with one another to plan a picnic.

The other day, Dylan shared his collage with the class!

Ask your Sparrow if they can find any of the shapes we discussed today around the house!