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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Shapes and Measuring

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Youngsters develop mathematical vocabulary with this worksheet. First, give youngsters time to identify their vocabulary words in the picture provided. Then, as a group, practice saying the vocabulary words aloud. Finally, have learners...
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Curated OER

"Zigzag"

For Teachers K
Students listen to the book "Zigzag" by Robert D. San Souci, and examine the concepts of friendship, respect, and determination. They answer story comprehension questions, then create a fabric doll using the shapes from the book.
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2
2
K12 Reader

Extending Patterns

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
2, 4, 6, 8. What comes next? This reading comprehension worksheet discusses patterns and extending patterns. After reading the short article, kids answer a series of questions to demonstrate their understanding of the passage.
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Virginia Department of Education

Mathematics Vocabulary Cards - Kindergarten

For Teachers K
Enhance your math lesson with a series of pictures that illustrate different math concepts. The vocabulary includes a variety of ideas and pictures including fractions, ordinal numbers, picture graphs, and number lines.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shape Buttons

For Students K - 1st
In this math worksheet, students investigate the simple geometric shapes of circle, rectangle, oval, triangle and square by making a 6 page book. Students color and read the book about buttons of different shapes.
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Curated OER

January Worksheets: Number Book

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this lower elementary geometry worksheet, students make a shape book. They receive a book with the outline of a circle, triangle, square, and rectangle with the word that names the shape. They cut out images of the four shapes and...
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Curated OER

Balloon Shapes

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this shape matching learning exercise, students match the correct shape to the correct word to complete the picture. There are 4 shapes to match: square, oval, triangle and circle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Colors by Number - Shapes

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Shapes color by numbers worksheet, learners identify numerous shapes like triangles, circles, rectangles, and squares by coloring in with the appropriate color.
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Curated OER

All Shapes

For Students 1st
In this shape recognition worksheet, 1st graders trace the shapes of a circle, triangle, square, and rectangle. Students then draw a line to match the shapes.
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Curated OER

Shapes and Colors: Blue Rectangles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this shapes instructional activity, students trace and color blue all rectangles found in a set of 10 shapes that include circles, triangles, squares and rectangles. Students also trace and color a "curtain" made of rectangles.
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Curated OER

Identifying Shapes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this shape identification worksheet, students identify shapes as circles, triangles, squares or rectangles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Curated OER

Tiling the Plane

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars use pattern blocks and triangular grid paper to review shape names, be introduced to the concept of a tiling of the plane, and determine which pattern blocks tile the plane. They are asked: "Have you ever seen a floor or...
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

Patterns and Shapes In Our Community

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Shapes in art, shapes in stories, shapes in the environment, shapes all around. A multi-part instructional activity that includes looking at the artist Paul Klee's work, reading books about shapes, taking a walk in the neighborhood and...
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Curated OER

This House is Made of Mud: Exploring the Shapes in Our Lives

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study about our dependence on the earth's resources for materials. They practice their knowledge of geometric shapes by recognizing them in the context of the story.
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Curated OER

Simply Symmetry

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to the concept of symmetry by examining different shapes and folding them into equal halves. They work in small groups focusing on finding the lines of symmetry of one specific shape. A symmetry booklet is made by...
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Curated OER

Sand Crabs

For Teachers K
Students identify shapes to create sand crabs, and make colored sand for texture.
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2
K12 Reader

Congruent Geometric Shapes

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Here's a reading comprehension learning exercise that focuses on congruent geometric shapes. After reading a short article about congruent figures, kids respond to a series of comprehension questions.
PPT
Curated OER

Repeating Patterns

For Teachers K - 1st
Pattern recognition is a very important skill to foster in younger children. It helps boost algebraic reasoning, logical reasoning, and mathematical reasoning skills. Here are 11 different shape patterns for learners to complete. They...
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Curated OER

What Shape am I?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students analyze characteristics of geometric shapes. They find shapes in their environment, and communicate why it is like the shape of their choice and not like another shape.
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Curated OER

Can You Name That Shape?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners use materials to build, investigate, and draw two-dimensional shapes (polygons). They combine the shapes they have built and draw from the pile to begin a round-robin activity to name and determine the attributes of a selection...
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Curated OER

Geometrically Artistic/Artistically Geomtric

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students identify the two-dimensional geometric shapes Lowrey utilized in the painting Untitled. Students compare the two-dimensional shapes in terms of equivalent fractions, congruency, symmetry and asymmetry. Students create their own...
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Curated OER

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Teaching Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify two- and three-dimensional figures and associate them with real-world objects.  In this geometry lesson, students are read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and complete several activities including a chart...
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Curated OER

City Streets: A Fold-up of a Street Lined with Buildings

For Teachers 5th - 8th
After walking in a nearby neighborhood, have your class create this amazing city street pop-up. They study the facades of the buildings they see, focusing on geometric line, shape, and architecture. They then draw, cut, and create a city...
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Curated OER

Geometric Abstraction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an abstract work of art that is made by repeating geometric shapes and lines, write concise instructions to reproduce the work of art and reproduce someone else's artwork via written instructions.

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