shapes
April 21st, 2010
This week we have been learning all about shapes in Reception. We have been describing different shapes, looking at corners and sides and saying if they are 2d or 3d.
Can you have a look in your home for some shapes and can you make a comment on the blog to describe what you have found?
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The stereo has circle and rectangle buttons, the speakers are 3d cuboids.
I have found a bouncing ball. It is a sphere. Inside it are lots of little spheres – orange, yellow, red, blue, green and pink. Mr Men books are square and 3d, so is the sphere. Apiece of paper is flat and very thin. It is 2d.
Rectangles are books, radiators, tables, phones, place mats, doors, speakers, pictures, windows, floor boards.
Circles are fruit bowl, lamp shades.
Cubes are plugs.
Cylinders are jugs, vases, cups, pencil holders.
Spheres are footballs, melons, apples.
Heptagon – 50 pence piece.
Triangle based pyramid – lego
Fantastic shape finding Eleanor!!! you are very good at finding 2d and 3d shapes. I think Miss Wilkinson will be very pleased to read this!!
Sphere = Ball
Cubes = oxo cube
Circle = plate , fridge magnet,
Triangle= tea bag
Rectangle= Pictures DSI Game
cylinder= toilet roll holder
I am in Bangkok for my birthday. Grandma and Dada is here. We looked at the Tae Kwando and tadpole photos together. I have been having slurpees. I love slurpees. I went to see Buddhas and I love you all. From, Grace.
The clock face is a circle and the toaster is a cuboid. My football and my cricket ball are spheres.
love from Charlie
A glass is a cylinder and is a 3-d shape. A piece of kitchen roll is square and is 2-d.A digital radio is a cuboid and is 3-d.An orange is a sphere and is 3-d.My daddy asked me what shape piece of cotton was. I think it is a long thin cylinder and is 3-d.
Well done Charlie, you have found lots of shapes! great!
Well done Katy, you have found so many shapes!
Well done Maddie, you have found many 2d and 3d shapes. We will have a look at a piece of cotton tomorrow at school.
Well done Ethan! i am most impressed that you know the shape of heptagon! you are a super shape finder!
Hi Grace
It is lovely to hear from you! I will show the children your blog post and we will write to you tomorrow. Happy Birthday!
Great shape finding Sam, thanks for blogging. Well done you!
Dear Grace
Thank you for your blog.
We have now got a travel agents in our classroom. Miss Ward dressed up as a lady and came to book a holiday!
And we have got passports.
We miss you.
Love from Reception 2 xxx
My sandpit is a cuboid. My bucket is a 3d castle shape.
Well done Basil for finding those shapes. Is your sandpit 2d or 3d?
My football is a 2d sphere. Our fence is a rectangle, and my trampolene is 3d cylinder,im going to my 2d rectangle bed now. Night night xxx
My pen is a cylinder with a cone on the top. There is an oval leaf in my garden. My ball is a sphere. Our shelf is a rectangle. My milk cup is a funny shape.
Now that you have passports you can come and visit me (mummy tells me you also need lots of money for your tickets). I am in Melbourne now and I have seen my cousins. I got a 3d photo of my face in Bangkok, it looks cool. Love from, Grace.
Well done Antonia for finding all those shapes. Is your fence a 2d or 3d shape?
Well done Ruby for super shape finding. I wonder if your shelf and ball are 2d or 3d shapes?
My sandpit is 3d. I went to hospital today and they took my plaster casts off. My operation is postponed until 20th May. I will be back at school tomorrow without plasters. Basil.
Hi Basil, thanks for your post. I’m sorry your operation has been postponed. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Can you draw a picture of some shapes in your house and write the name of the shapes?
Ivan found a cuboid (a box), a sphere (a ball), and a cylinder (a tube). These are all 3D. A piece of paper is 2D.
Lego is lots of different types of shapes – these are mostly 3D but the flat bits are 2D.
Some shapes have straight edges (a cube), some shapes have curved edges (a sphere).
I’ve had some melon for my dinner. Before Mummy cut it up it was a sphere and 3D. I know it’s 3D because it’s fat and I can hold it in my hand. I’m going to have a sausage for my tea which is a cylinder and it’s also 3D. The shape of my picture card is a rectangle and it’s 2D.
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We have got a square table which is 3D, and I have just eaten an orange which is a 3D sphere. Bobby and I have got a toy castle which has got lots of shapes on it. The turrets are hexagons at the top, and there are pyramids which go on top of some of the turrets. They are all 3D. I have got a small chair with a square seat, a rectangular back and legs which are cylinders.
rectangles-our bathroom mirror, the window
square- connect 4 game
sphere-my bouncy ball, globe
cylinder-toilet roll
circle- coin
cube- dice
triangle- brie-my favourite cheese
Hello Grace. I love you. You are fantastic. Hope you are having a good day.
Love Lola x
Well done Lola, super shape finding!!
I’m sure Grace will like your lovely comment to her.
Well done Laudae, you have found so many 2d and 3d shapes. You have been looking closely. Well done!
That is a super description of your 3d melon Leo, I hope it tasted yummy. Super shape finding, well done!
Well done Ivan for all your shape finding. I will tell Miss Wilkinson and I think she will be very impressed.
I have a piece of paper. The paper has 4 corners, 1 flat face and 4 sides. The paper is smooth to touch and is a 2d shape.
If i roll the paper it becomes a cylinder with no corners and it’s a 3d shape
Well done Lily, i really like the way you have described the shapes looking at corners and edges. I shall tell Miss Wilkinson, I’m sure she will be pleased.
Dear Grace
We miss you! We are very excited about your 3d picture. Please put a picture on the blog for us to see.
We went to assembly yesterday and we showed our writing books.
We love you Grace.
Love from Reception 2
p.s We have sounded these words by ourselves!!!
Hi Miss Danson and Miss Ward,
I found,
a rectangle- my princess purse,tvs,pictures on the wall,our beds,camra.
a circle- paper plate (Which has a drawing of my face)cds,spots on material.
a cube 3D- toy box
a sphere 3D-boucy ball,kaizen balloon,orange.
a cylinder- my princess cup,lamp shade.
a square- cousions,computer screen,buttons on keypad.
In our home there are lots of shapes.
Please can I say… Hi Grace, miss you lots….
Lots of hugs form Manchester x
An orange juice carton is a cuboid.
All ball is a sphere.
A mug is a cylinder.
Love From Monty,
x
My computer is shaped like a rectangle.
Our lampshade is a sphere shape
The peas on my plate are tiny spheres!
Super shape finding Nylah – well done!
Thanks for blogging Monty. You are a super shape searcher! well done.
Those are very kind words Aneya, well done.
Wow Aneya, you ahve found so many shapes. Well done. Thanks for blogging!