Ollie's Shape Hunt: Straw Builders

Compare straws with a line, learn why ends must line up, then pick the straws that build a rectangle.

• 12 narrated scenes with Ollie the owl
• Straw length comparisons and build-a-shape questions

• Tell whether a straw is longer or shorter than a line when their ends are lined up.
• Explain that you can only compare lengths fairly when the ends start at the same place.
• Choose the straws that build a rectangle: 2 long ones and 2 short ones.
• Name the shape that 3 straws make.