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Student version · Preschool

My Shape Has a Twin

Dark and light are friends. You will make a dark shape. You will open it like a door. Then you will find its light twin.

A square folded out over the left edge and a circle folded up over the top land looking exactly like their holes; a triangle folded up lands point down; and an organic shape cut from the bottom edge lands below the sheet as its mirror twin, joined to its hole along the edge.

the sheet’s front a flipped piece, showing the back the ground

Open Studio Notan

I can

  • paint a big paper with light colors
  • tear a big shape from the edge
  • open my shape like a door, the way I choose
  • find the dark shape and its light twin
  • flip a shape on the screen with a grown-up
  • tell about my picture and a friend’s picture

Words to know

dark
Like night. Like black paper.
light
Like day. Like the sun.
edge
Where the paper stops.
flip
Turn it over, like a door.
twin
Two shapes that match.
big and small
Big takes lots of room. Small takes a little.

What to do

  1. Paint your big paper. Use light colors.
  2. Take a dark square. Find an edge.
  3. Tear a big bite. Start at the edge. End at the edge.
  4. Glue your square on the light paper.
  5. Rub glue by the edge. Put your shape in its hole. Swing it over, like a door. Press.
  6. Look. Your dark shape has a light twin.
  7. On the screen, draw a shape. Tap an arrow. Watch it flip.
  8. Tell a friend about your picture.

Challenge

Can you open two doors, one big and one small?

Check your work

  • My paper is light, like the sun.
  • My dark shape touches the edge.
  • My dark shape has a light twin.
  • I can point to big and small.
  • I told a friend about my picture.

Think about it

  • Which way did your door open?
  • What does your shape look like?
  • What do you like in a friend’s picture?

Teacher version of this unit