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Better Lesson: It's All Equal to Me! (Talking About Squares)

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson plan kindergartners learn about the attributes of a...
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Better Lesson: Tri, Tri, Tri Angle!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson kindergartners learn about different types of...
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Better Lesson: Tree Mapping in 2 D

For Teachers K Standards
Identifying 2D shapes in common objects and sorting according to shapes connects the real world to learning shape names and attributes.
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Better Lesson: Super Shape Ornament Review

For Teachers K Standards
In December, it's fun to decorate for the holidays. This lesson plan includes 2D shape and counting practice!
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Better Lesson: There's Six Sides to This Story It's a Hexagon!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson kindergartners learn about the attributes of a square.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Dynamic Paper

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from -18 to 32 by 5's? You can create all those things and more.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Shape Match

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Monster Mansion Shape Match is a fun educational game for kids to learn and practice 2D and 3D shapes. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match objects to shapes or objects to words....
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Shape Tool

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This tool allows you to create any geometric shape imaginable. Squares, triangles, rhombi, trapezoids and hexagons can be created, colored, enlarged, shrunk, rotated, reflected, sliced, and glued together.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Making Triangles

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Understand the mathematical meaning of a triangle and the idea of congruence, or sameness, in geometry.
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Better Lesson: Remarkable Rectangles

For Teachers K Standards
Rectangle is SO MUCH like triangle! Those darned angles--they'll get beginning learners! This is a fun way to practice rectangle!
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Better Lesson: Don't Be Such a Square, Be a Cube Instead!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson plan kindergartners learn about the attributes of a...
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Better Lesson: Rockin' Rhombuses!

For Teachers K Standards
Rhombus, the mathematically correct term for "diamond" is the focus of this interactive lesson plan.
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Better Lesson: Shape Monsters!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergartners love making things, and this activity allows them to create a unique shape monster and practice numbers recording the shapes used.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Constructing Triangles

For Students K - 1st Standards
This interactive exercise focuses on the appearance and manipulation of triangles.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shapes Into Sculptures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, students will identify 2- and 3-dimensional shapes as well as create shape drawings and sculptures. Teacher materials are available.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shapes: Peg + Cat

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
We are learning about how shape attributes helps us to see how shapes are alike and different. This site provides four resources for shapes including 3-D.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shape Mobile

For Students K - 1st Standards
For this lesson, students will create a shape mobile of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes made from geometric shapes.
Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Two Dimensional and Three Dimensional Shapes

For Students K Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Odd Squad: Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Welcome to Odd Squad: the zaniest, craziest team of kid investigators around! Explore content below targeted at making elementary-level math a fun, imaginative experience, mixing concepts like arithmetic and geometry with fantastical...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Living in the Mill: 3 D Objects

For Students K - 1st Standards
On this interactive website student practice various math skills using a real life scenario at an ice cream party. Those skills include naming and identifying spheres, cones and cylinders.
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Other

Nearpod: Three Dimensional Shapes

For Teachers K Standards
In this lesson, students will learn to identify three-dimensional shapes by name and distinguish between two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.
Activity
NumberNut

Number Nut: Shapes, Symbols, and Colors: 2 D Shapes

For Students K - 1st Standards
Did you know that two-dimensional shapes are also called polygons? This lesson describes the various 2-D shapes and includes two interactive games to reinforce skills.
Activity
Math Cats

Math Cats: Visit Tessellation Town on Tile Island!

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Go to Tessellation Town on Tile Island and create a variety of tessellations.
Activity
Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: No Matter What Shape Your Fractions Are In

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Four basic geometric shapes - the triangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, and hexagon - are examined to determine how many of one shape fits "inside" another. For instance, how many triangles are "in" a hexagon. Ten questions with solutions...