Shapes
I am a shape with 3 sides and 3 corners.
cup + cake
cupcake
the people, animals, or things in a story
characters
I am a shape with 0 sides and 0 corners.
Circle
sail + boat
sailboat
where a story happens
I am a shape with 4 sides: 2 short sides, 2 long sides.
Rectangle
play + ground
playground
what goes wrong in a story
the problem
How are a rectangle and a square different?
A square has 4 equal sides.
wind + mill
windmill
how the problem is solved
solution
I am a shape with 4 sides, but only one pair of parallel lines. We have lots of these tables in the classroom.
Trapezoid.
out + side
outside
What is the problem in the story the Three Little Pigs?
The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf.