Patrick watched a clip on BrainPop Jr. on plane shapes and how they move. Following the clip, he illustrated shapes on a chart and spun an electronic spinner commanding him to slide, turn, or flip his shape. He recorded this information in his chart. We've been practicing using a ruler to aide in drawing steady lines as this is difficult for Patrick. He seems to enjoy using this tool to make his shapes accurate; he feels successful seeing the shapes come out the way he intends them to. Patrick and Clay made mini flip books that showed an arrow turn a series of degrees until it made a complete 360 degree turn. He was successful at organizing the 20 pages by putting them in sequential order, and fanning the pages to see the illusion of a plane shape turning. Patrick painted each letter in his name onto individual pieces of paper. He folded the paper and half to press the paint down. When he separated the papers (flipped one over) he saw the characteristics of some shapes change such as P, a, r, c, and k. (a portion of the letter was now on the other side) We made note of symmetrical shapes and noticed they did not change when flipped. We compared lower case letters with upper case (Aa), and made predictions about whether they would change or not. Patrick did great on this concept today by doing a hands on visual activity.