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Shapes are all around us! In kindergarten, we found shapes in nature by building bugs. In first grade we are going to find shapes in skyscrapers by building a city!
Shapes are all around us! In kindergarten, we found shapes in nature by building bugs. In first grade we are going to find shapes in skyscrapers by building a city!
What's a skyscraper???
What's a skyscraper???
Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai is the world's tallest building at 2,717 feet!
A skyscraper is a very tall building that appears to "scrape the sky." These buildings are found in cities and are covered in windows. What shapes can you see in these skyscrapers? Notice the tops of the buildings.
Sears Tower, Chicago
These skyscrapers are different heights and are shaped differently at the top.
Cayan Tower in Dubai
Shanghai World Financial Center in Shanghai
Petronas Towers 1 & 2, Kuala Lumpur
Empire State building, New York City
Flatiron building, New York City
Now that we've seen shapes in real skyscrapers, let's create our own city!
Now that we've seen shapes in real skyscrapers, let's create our own city!
Step 1 - Making the Background - Choose up to 3 Oil Pastel Colors
Step 1 - Making the Background - Choose up to 3 Oil Pastel Colors
LINES: Create a sky background for your city by making lines. Swirls, zig zags, and waves make excellent skies!
Fill the top half of your paper.
Make it Blurry!: Blend your oil pastels like clouds/smoke.
Step 2 - Make your special Skyscrapers!
Step 2 - Make your special Skyscrapers!
First: Pick 4 pieces of black paper. These will be your skyscrapers!
Next: Using a pencil, draw different shapes for the tops of each skyscraper. Triangle top, square, diagonal, are examples. Create different heights too!
Last: Cut your skyscrapers and line them up side by side. Glue them down once you like the order.
Step 3 - Decorate your skyscrapers with SHAPES!!
Step 3 - Decorate your skyscrapers with SHAPES!!
Create windows and doors by cutting shapes out of different colors of paper. Any shapes will work! Circles, rectangles, triangles, squares oh my!
Place your shapes onto your skyscrapers. Once you like the way it looks, glue them all down!
Here's another skyscraper example!
Now let's make a first grade city full of skyscrapers!
Supplies List -
Large 18x12 drawing paper
Oil Pastel classpacks
Black shapes for buildings and colored paper for details
Class Supplies - Glue Sticks and scissors
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