In these basic geometry worksheets, 1st graders will complete a variety of activities involving shapes such as: tracing names of shapes, labeling shapes, solving shape riddles, and counting and finding shapes in a picture.

Students investigate shapes and sizes by creating a riddle.  In this geometry instructional activity, students read one of two books and investigate facts about an object's size.  Students write a riddle using the facts they...

Learners identify geometric solids. In this geometric shapes lesson, students listen to the teacher read Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes  by Stuart J. Murphy. Learners then visit a web site where they identify types of...

Let's study 2-D shapes! Young mathematicians compare and classify shapes according to attributes. They evaluate shape riddles and predict the shape being described. Here is the website where you can find the...

Students participate in a series of hand-on, online, and multimedia activities to examine 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes. They describe common geometric solids. They construct rectangular prisms using straws and ribbon.

Young scholars identify lines of symmetry.  In this symmetry lesson, students create objects and identify their lines of symmetry.  They answer questions about lines of symmetry.  Young scholars cut shapes out of cookie...

Learners explore circumference and diameter. In this math activity, students apply their knowledge of circumference and diameter to solve mathematical riddles. Learners apply this knowledge to find circumference and diameter of various...

Young scholars construct tangram patters. In this geometry lesson, students read the book Grandfather Tang's Story and visit various websites to practice covering figures with tangrams. Young scholars attempt to construct animal shapes...

Fifth graders explore three-dimensional figures. As a class, they discuss the characteristics of various three-dimensional figures. In groups, 5th graders write riddles describing the geometric shape. Partners read each other's...

These interactive matching games for elementary age students combine visuals of familiar objects and rhyming riddles to create brain-teasing puzzles.