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Standing Paper

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I loved this paper shape so much that I decided to use it with several different groups.
Students were given a square sheet of paper which they folded connecting the tips to make 4 triangles. They then cut on one of the creases just to the middle of the square. The two bottom triangles can be overlapped and glued together so that the paper stands up, like in the pictures.
This 3D shape can be used for so many different activities and with so many different ages. All it takes it some imagination and creativity.

In the first two pictures, we were studying the Present Continuous. Each student had to write two sentences and draw the pictures for their sentences. One sentence had to be in the singular and the other one in the plural, for example: She is playing ball/They are playing ball.
I then covered their sentences with a triangular piece of paper and placed their work around the class. The students had to walk around the classroom, look at the pictures and write down in their notebooks what they thought the sentences were. When everyone was done, we removed the paper covering the answers and they compared and checked the sentences they wrote.

In the third picture, a fourth grade class used the shape to illustrate a scene from a story they had read. They also had to label the words they learned and were key to the story.



In the fourth picture, we were comparing the Present Continuous with the Simple Present (now vs. habits). They had to write sentences about themselves and draw pictures to illustrate their sentences.

Let me know which ideas you came up with.

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  1. KaréJuly 6, 2019 at 5:58 PM

    This one is awesome and can be used with different age levels, right?

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