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The Straight and Narrow Problem

From Peg + Cat · 2015

The Straight and Narrow Problem
13 minK1stMath
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Summary

Peg and Cat take on a world of straight shapes, learning to tell straight lines and edges from curved ones. Noticing what makes a shape straight versus round is the idea that helps them through.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

This adventure is all about straight versus curved.

  1. What's the difference between a straight line and a curved one?
  2. Which shapes have all straight sides? Which have curves?
  3. Can you find something straight and something curved near you?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: straight, curved, side, edge.

Try it: Sort shape cutouts (or drawings) into "all straight sides" and "has a curve."

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