Monday, September 10, 2012

Kindergarten Triangles

Kindergartners FINALLY got to use their scissors in class! I pre-cut three different colors of squares and demonstrated to the students how to cut a square into TWO triangles. Not all of them get it, but that's why teachers walk around between instructions, right?!

Each student should end up with 6 triangles; however, some mess up and throw pieces away (without the teacher even seeing! Sneaky!!) The students have the freedom to make whatever they would like with their triangles.

Here is my visual demonstration on the chalkboard! I also demonstrated with scissors and a square. Students can draw a line if they choose to. Some students use gluesticks, which is the reason for the second triangle within a triangle.



I reviewed with the students how to glue (3 corners = 3 small dots of glue). Students are told to use their crayons to finish the picture after gluing down their triangles. These turned out very well!


Wow! Look at the creativity!


So many houses!!




This was a very sunshine-y day!



Some students glue their triangles back into squares.
Kindergartners love rainbows!



Another rainbow!


I'm not sure what this is supposed to be, but I LOVE it!


This student threw away half of his triangles, but his end product still turned out nicely (complete with a rainbow, of course!).

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