May 11-15

Hello Kindergarten Families

I hope you had a great weekend and a lovely Mother's Day!  

I hope that all you wonderful Moms reading this felt loved and appreciated on your special day!  I know that I appreciate just how much you are all doing for your little ones during this time.  Parenting has never been more challenging, more exhausting or more rewarding than it is right now!

I hope you enjoyed learning about our first 3D shapes last week!

We learned about cubes...

 

We learned about cylinders...

And we learned about spheres...

Here is a great observation and comparison of spheres and circles...

"My favourite shape this week is the sphere. It's round and can roll longer than a circle. A circle only has a certain amount of time to roll. On a hill it would only roll straight and then would fall, but the sphere would still be going down the hill."  ~Jensen

We also built our own cubes, cylinders and spheres...

And...we had fun playing Addition War!

This week we will be learning about some more 3D shapes!

Please find this weeks schedule by clicking HERE

Day 1: Cone

• Have one example of a cone (party hat, toy block, ice cream cone, or rolled paper) and one 2D triangle (cut out from paper) for your child to look at.  Discuss how the triangle and the cone are different.  See if your child can explain how they are different.  
• During your discussion use this vocabulary: 
• Faces (flat sides):  how many faces does the cone have?
• Edges: how many edges does the cone have?
• Points (vertices):  how many points does the cone have?
• Base:  where is the base of the cone?  What shape is the base?
• Sing this song together (to the tune of London Bridge) while you roll the cone back and forth between you (or between siblings).  When the song stops the person holding the cone can put it on their head and do a party dance!

A cone is like a party hat

Party hat, party hat.

A cone is like a party hat 

Come and join the fun!

• Watch this video about cones.
• Go on a Cone Hunt around your house.  Gather as many cone shaped items as you can and place them together on a mat or a piece of paper.  Have your child label the collection with the word cone and snap a picture for your shape museum!  
• Print out the cone sheet from these Shape Sheets.  
• Help your child to complete the sheet.  Help them to describe the cone.  They can try to do the writing themselves, but if they have a LOT to say then have them write one part and then write down the rest of their ideas for them.  Examples of what they might say are:
• It has a circle on the bottom
• It has a point on the top
• It is curved all around
• Lastly have your child draw something that is a cone in real life.  They can draw several things or just one thing and label it with a word.  If your child would like to know how to draw a cone have them draw along with this this video and if they want to draw a cool ice cream cone they can draw along with this video.

Day 2: Rectangular Prisms and Triangular Prisms

• Have one example of a rectangular prism (a 3D rectangle) such as a block, box, large book, eraser etc. and one 2D rectangle (cut out from paper) for your child to look at.  See below for examples of these shapes if you aren't sure.  Discuss the differences and similarities.
• Have one example of a triangular prism (a 3D triangle) such as a block or a piece of food cut into a triangular shape (ie. melon) and one 2D triangle for your child to look at.  Discuss the differences and similarities.

• Compare the rectangular and triangular prisms. 
• During your discussion use this vocabulary: 
• Faces (flat sides):  how many faces does the rectangular prism have?  What shape are the faces (at least 4 must be rectangles, the 2 on the ends can be either squares OR rectangles).  How many faces does the triangular prism have?  How are the faces different from the rectangular prism?
• Edges: how many edges does the rectangular prism have?  How many does the triangular prism have?
• Points (vertices):  how many points does the rectangular prism have?  How many does the triangular prism have?
• Base:  where is the base of the rectangular prism?  Where is the base of the triangular prism?
• Can the rectangular prism roll or slide?  How about the triangular prism?
• Sing these songs together (to the tune of London Bridge) while you slide the prisms back and forth between you (or between siblings).  

Rectangular Prism

A rectangular prism has 4 rectangle faces

4 Rectangle faces, 4 rectangle faces

A rectangular prism has 4 rectangle faces

And square or rectangle bases.

Triangular Prism

A triangular prism has 3 rectangle faces

3 Rectangle faces, 3 rectangle faces

A rectangular prism has 3 rectangle faces

And 2 triangle bases.

• Go on a Rectangular and Triangular Prism Hunt around your house.  Gather as many rectangular and triangular prism shaped items as you can and place them together on mats or a pieces of paper.  Have your child label the collections and snap a picture for your shape museum!  
• Print out the rectangular prism sheet from these Shape Sheets.  
• Help your child to complete the sheet.  Help them to describe the rectangular prism.  They can try to do the writing themselves, but if they have a LOT to say then have them write one part and then write down the rest of their ideas for them.  Examples of what they might say are:
• It is tall like a building
• It has 6 faces that are like rectangles
• It long and wide
• Lastly have your child draw something that is a rectangular prism in real life.  They can draw several things or just one thing and label it with a word.  If your child would like to know how to draw a rectangular prism have them draw along with this this video this video.  

Day 3: Pyramids

• Find one example of a pyramid (toy block, award, etc.).  You can make one with paper if necessary, following this video (this is not an activity for the children but only here in case you need a sample of a pyramid.  This should be done by an adult before starting todays lesson).  Note that a pyramid can have 3 or 4 triangular faces, as long as they meet in a point at the top.   

• During your discussion use this vocabulary: 
• Faces (flat sides):  how many faces does your pyramid have?
• Edges: how many edges does your pyramid have?
• Points (vertices):  how many points do all pyramids have?
• Base:  where is the base of the pyramid?  What shape is the base?  Would the shape be different if the number of faces was different?
• Sing this song together (to the tune of London Bridge).  Discuss if the pyramid rolls or slides and slide the pyramid back and forth between you while you sing.  

A pyramid has triangular sides

triangular sides, triangular sides.

A pyramid has triangular sides

And a point at the very top!

• Go on a Pyramid Hunt around your house.  This might be tricky!  If you find any pyramids label the collection with the word pyramid and snap a picture for your shape museum!
• You may want to have a look here for some photos of the amazing Egyptian pyramids! 
• Print out the pyramid sheet from these Shape Sheets.  
• Help your child to complete the sheet.  Help them to describe the pyramid.  They can try to do the writing themselves, but if they have a LOT to say then have them write one part and then write down the rest of their ideas for them.  Examples of what they might say are:
• It has a point on the top
• It has triangle sides

• Lastly have your child draw something that is a pyramid in real life.  They can draw several things or just one thing and label it with a word.  If your child would like to know how to draw a pyramid have them draw along with this this video.

Day 4:  Build the shapes

• Today you will construct a cone, a rectangular prism and a pyramid out of materials in your house!  Get creative!  Here are some ideas of materials you might have that you might use:
• toothpicks or skewers
• marshmallows
• playdough / clay
• paper & tape 
• toys such as fort building sets (sticks and balls) or magnetic tiles 
• anything else that your child may think of

• For this weeks game please go here to print off a 3D shape game that uses dice.  Scroll down the page to the big green box that says, Get Your Free Printable.  

I hope you have a wonderful week and you have fun learning about these 3D shapes.  Next week we will do some building and problem solving with the 3D shapes that we have learned!

Have a great loooong weekend!  I will post next weeks math activities for you so that you have them for Tuesday morning.

For those of you who are attending this weeks Google Meets sessions, I will see you there!  I am so excited to be joining in and I can't wait to see your smiling faces and hear your happy voices!

💖  Mrs. Seddon 💖