Bruno's Dot Paper Shapes

Bruno the bear builder draws flat shapes on dot paper, and students draw them too. Students spot the shape whose sides all go on a slant, draw a triangle and a long rectangle like Bruno's cards, and describe them by their sides and corners. Then they play How Are They the Same?: find what two shape cards have in common, and draw a different shape that shares it. Every direction is read aloud, the dot paper checks each drawing when they tap Done, and spoken hints help after a wrong answer. Grade 1, about 10 minutes, standards 1.G.A.1.

• 8 Grade 1 shape scenes with spoken directions
• 4 dot-paper drawings, checked when students tap Done
• Spoken hints after a wrong answer
• 4 multiple-choice questions about sides and corners

• Draw a triangle and a long rectangle on dot paper, corner to corner.
• Describe a shape by its sides and corners.
• Find what two shapes have in common, and draw another shape that shares it.