It can help provide a change of pace to the lesson and will get the students talking. You should have a board marker, a pen, a piece of paper to write your words on, and plenty of room in the classroom for students.
Rectangles Discovering Shapes - David L. Two short sides that face each other. Draw one rectangle, now another.
Two sides are long; two sides are short. They are not the same NO!! How can you tell? It has two short sides, And it has tow long sides.
It's a rectangle, it's a rectangle. Please give them a try. Draw rectangle in air with finger. Rectangles, rectangles Two are long and two are short, Hold hands far apart, then close together. Arrange the felt figure on the floor and help your children note that all are rectangles.
Then put the figures on the flannel board as you recite the following rhyme. Rectangle Kid Have you seen the Rectangle Kid? IA rectangle head and cheeks of red. A rectangle shirt looks very pert.
Rectangle hands like to play in sand. Rectangle pants like to dance. Rectangle shoes come in twos. Photocopy the rhyme for your children and have them illustrate it at art time. For arms, legs, hands and feet I cut paper strips with my paper cutter, in various sizes.
Actually I use my paper cutter for all the rectangles for this craft, come to think of it! It's fun to use wrapping paper or paper with other textures too. The kids put their rectangles on their paper first --I tell them it's like making their own "puzzle".
Then when they are pleased with their arrangement they paste them on the paper. Add facial features with crayon or marker and "antennas" with coiled pipe cleaners. They really turn out cute. Some of them look like they are walking, some have arms raised, some have feet turned in ,etc.
It's a fun way to emphazise "rectangle" and makes a cute display too. Have each child in turn name a rectangle in the classroom table, windowa rectangle at home bed, pillowor one somewhere else book at the library, cereal box at a grocery store.Four corners is a good way to teach kids about directions.
Each corner of the room is labeled north, south, east or west. One kid is “it” and sits at a desk with his head down and his eyes covered. Four Corners (also known as Four Squares) is a simple activity in which students share who they are through the use of handdrawn pictures.
This icebreaker is . Fine motor Clothespin Name Activity for preschoolers; letter and name recognition and fine motor skills, too. Find this Pin and more on preschool literacy/writing ideas by Beth Keaton-Eldridge.
Practice letter recognition and fine motor skills using clothespins with this . This is a great first day of school activity.
Students think they are playing a game but really you are TRAINING them! This Powerpoint leads you through 8 rounds of the ice breaker game - Four Corners.4/5(). Dec 10, · The Four-Corners Strategy One take on the Four Corners technique, from The Teaching Channel In Four Corners, students move around the room to show their level of agreement or disagreement with a statement or statements on a particular issue.
Four Corner Fun: A Review Game Multiple choice review questions are center stage in this activity that can be used to review any subject matter, any skill. Students who hold the Player cards go to their appropriate corners while students who hold the Fibber cards are free to go to any corner.
The Fibber's movements are intended to throw.