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Dry Eraser Board |
- Display dry eraser boards and chalkboards for Learners to draw Rectangles.
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| Shaping Center |
- Supply Learners with various manipulatives to shape Rectangles (straws, ribbon, crepe paper, pencils, strips of paper, twist ties, Popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, etc.).
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| Sorting Center |
- Provide Learners with various varieties of chewing gum wrappers.
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- Sort the wrappers by size or kind and place them in a Rectangular envelope or folder.
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| Grouping Center |
- Write the numbers one (1) through twelve (12) on index cards or envelopes (one per card).
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- Supply Learners with Rectangular-shaped chewing gum wrappers, paper, foam pieces, etc.
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- Tell Learners to place the appropriate number of wrappers on the corresponding card.
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- If using envelopes, place the correct amount of wrappers inside the envelopes.
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- This Center needs seventy-eight (78) Rectangular pieces.
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| Play Dough Center |
- Supply Learners with play dough and cookie cutters of things that are Rectangles.
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- Learners can use Popsicle sticks or plastic knives to cut Rectangles from the dough.
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- Learners can shape windows, beds, doors, tables, signs, bricks, etc. from the dough. They can also create lots of flavors of chewing gum sticks from the play dough.
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| Building Center |
- Supply Rectangular blocks, Lego’s, and VHS tapes for Learners to build doors, tables, boats, and other Rectangular items. Let Learners also build with Rectangular-shaped crackers.
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- Alphabetizing and Numbering Center
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- Write numbers and letters on Rectangular pieces of wood (Wood Quilting Woodsies).
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- Learners can arrange the pieces in alphabetical and numerical order.
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| Patterning Center |
- Use Rectangular-shaped items such as foam, wood, paper, cloth, etc.
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- Use different colors and sizes of Rectangular items to create a pattern.
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- Glue the Rectangles to a piece of paper creating several patterns such as: red, blue, green, red, blue, green; big, bigger, biggest, big, bigger, biggest; foam, wood, foam, wood, etc.
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- Let Learners copy the sample patterns by aligning their Rectangular pieces in the same manner.
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