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Curated OER

Shapes Around Us

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create posters about geometric shapes in order to demonstrate their understanding of the different shapes. Students look for pictures in magazines to represent two-dimensional shapes, paste them on a poster, label the shape,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tri this Angle!

For Teachers 1st
First graders draw and describe various types of polygons. they investigate their own environments for examples of polygons. After reading the book, The Greedy Triangle, they discuss everyday objects that are polygons. They create shape...
Website
Other

Hpedsb: Geometry

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This page of Geometry links addresses many of the Geometry expectations in the Ontario K-8 Math curriculum. There are simple sorting exercises for Grade One and Cartesian Graphing tasks for the intermediate grades.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Identifying Plane Shapes

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders begin to learn about plane shapes in Kindergarten. This lesson will serve as review of plane shapes' characteristics and extend into practice in categorizing shapes by defining attributes.
Graphic
Curated OER

Planes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
geometry
Graphic
Curated OER

Planes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
geometry
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: 4.4 Developing Geometry Understandings With Tangrams

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students use this interactive website to explore tangrams by connecting the pieces.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moving Shapes [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
These activities will allow students to discover the concepts of geometry through shape exploration and the creation of choreographic sequences.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Building With Shapes

For Teachers 1st Standards
I love blending art and math. I want my students to develop a depth of knowledge for 2D plane shapes and distinguish polygon from non-polygon shapes.
Interactive
TeacherLED

Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource Two Quadrant Graph

For Students K - 1st Standards
Use this interactive white board activity to explore coordinate planes and graphing ordered pairs.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Two Dimensional Shapes Identify and Match

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to analyze and compare various two-dimensional shapes according to the vertices, sides and parallel lines. It features "containers" created in Version 3 (can be used with...
Interactive
Math Slice

Math Slice: Hide and Seek

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Play hide and seek with Lion King character Timon in this interactive game where learners practice finding coordinates using ordered pairs. The game is personalized and high scores are posted.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compose Shapes

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice combining shapes to make other shapes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Don's Shapes [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the attributes of two-dimensional shapes.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portraits With the Touch of a Finger [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
Interactive
Other

Kinderweb: Educational Children's Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Oh No! My Ominoes!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore pentominoes by determining congruent and non-congruent shapes.
Activity
Other

Visnos: Polygons

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Create regular and irregular polygons and determine the angles and side lengths with this interactive exercise. Use Safari or Chrome browser.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Sports Equipment

For Students K - 1st Standards
Sports such as hockey, football, basketball and tennis use balls of different sizes. Can you arrange a selection of different balls in a line each touching the next to make the shortest line? This activity offers opportunities for...
Interactive
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: 2 D Shapes and Patterns

For Students K - 1st
On this interactive site, students learn to identify squares, circles, and triangles.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Castle in the Clouds: Space: 2 D Shapes and Symmetry

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Students will explore symmetry through a variety of learning games.
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.

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