Grade
PK

Same & Different: Colorful Houses

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A. is an orange rectangle house. It has a green rectangle for the door. Two blue squares make windows, one on each side of the door. The roof is a large yellow triangle. B. is a yellow rectangle house. It has a green rectangle for the door. A small orange triangle makes a roof above the door. Two blue squares make windows to the right of the door. The roof is a large orange triangle.
  1. How are pictures A and B the same, and how are they different?
    • A and B are the same because …
    • A and B are different because …
  2. Here are two more pictures. Which one goes better with pictures A and B? Why?
C. is an orange rectangle house. It has a green rectangle for a door. Two blue squares make windows, one on each side of the door. The roof is a wide, flat, yellow rectangle. D. is a purple rectangle house. It has a green rectangle for the door. On each side of the door, two blue squares make windows, one above the other. The roof is two yellow triangles that make one big triangle.

Challenge

Make a picture that uses shapes to make a house. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.

  • Mine is the same because …
  • Mine is different because …
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