Students make patterns by using rough, smooth, bumpy textures, for example, rough, rough, soft, sticky, rough, rough, soft, sticky, etc. They describe their patterns verbally and draw in journals. Students order by size the various objects they selected from the bag during the whole group activity, from largest to smallest and then smallest to largest. The students sort the objects by shape into categories, or if the objects are not geometric shapes, then students sort in any way they wish - function, color, etc. At the Writing Center, the students construct a barefoot book in which they draw and write about how things feel with bare feet - which feelings they like and which they don't.
Students label each page as rough, scratchy, bumpy, soft, smooth, etc.
At the Art Center, students fingerpaint pictures of what they like to touch. Getting the Idea Discuss the textures that students have worked with during the Whole Group activity and at the centers. As the students discuss what textures they felt, show the word cards. At this time, the students report on the work they did at the Mathematics Center and show their graphs. They explain their graphs and describe the patterns they made using the appropriate adjectives.