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The Umbrella Problem

From Peg + Cat · 2015

The Umbrella Problem
13 minK1stMath
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Summary

A rainy day sends Peg and Cat hunting for their umbrellas — counting and comparing groups of ten along the way, and spotting 2-D shapes like octagons and triangles in the puddles and umbrellas around them.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Peg and Cat count by tens and find shapes hiding in a rainy day.

  1. Count by tens with Peg: 10, 20, 30… how high can you go?
  2. How many sides does an octagon have? How many does a triangle have?
  3. Where do you see triangles or other shapes in this room?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: count by tens, compare, triangle, octagon, sides.

Try it: Count to 100 by tens. Then go on a shape hunt — find one triangle and count the sides of any other shape you spot.