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Our Many Shapes and Sizes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover humans come in all shapes and sizes.  In this equality lesson, students evaluate different bodies among their peers and discover no human body is "perfect".  Students discuss different ways to keep their...
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In Living Color

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore, through discussion and experimentation, colorblindness and how the color of the light passing through the eye changes how different colors are perceived.
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Geometry of Democracy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the architecture of New England by identifying geometric shapes.  In this architectural lesson, students examine photographs of classic building architecture and use a transparency to trace geometric shapes they...
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Sizes Worksheet: Smaller

For Students K - 3rd
In this size comparison worksheet, students will examine three shapes, determine the name of each shape and then draw a smaller version of each shape.
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The Shapes of Our World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners utilize shapes and spatial relationships in a practical context by creating maps and writing a critical essay.
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Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students dribble a ball while moving. In this dribbling lesson, students participate in a game in which they dribble from "poly spot" to "poly spot" gathering basic shapes identified as 'treasure".
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Match One to One

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this matching shapes worksheet, students use pattern blocks to match the shapes one to one. Students then draw the pattern blocks that matched.
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Patterns

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this shape patterns worksheet, students identify the shapes within each set and select the shape that comes next in the 5 patterns.
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Patterns

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this shape patterns worksheet, students identify the shape pattern in each example. Students select the shape that comes next in the 5 patterns.
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Patterns

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math patterns worksheet, students complete 17 shape identification problems that help them recognize shapes and select the answer that continues each pattern.
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Patterns

For Students 1st
In this math patterns worksheet, 1st graders identify the shapes in the 6 problems and select the shape that continues each pattern.
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Fractions (Unitary)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this fraction worksheet, students determine which shape is divided into equal parts and check their answer. Students then look at shaded parts of a whole and circle the correct fraction. Finally, students determine the fraction for...
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Left and Right Worksheet - Colored Shapes

For Students K - 2nd
In this positions of objects worksheet, students practice recognizing left and right by circling the shapes according to the directions for 6 exercises.
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Fractions

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Represent fractions visually using shape models. Scholars color in two sets of shapes to represent specific fractions: 2/3 and 3/4. The shapes are segmented into equivalent fractions for most of these, so scholars need to understand this...
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Fractions

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
In this online fractional parts worksheet, third graders read descriptions of fractions and choose the corresponding pictures, color fractional parts, identify shaded parts, draw lines to show fractions, and draw lines of symmetry....
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Illustrative Mathematics

Grandfather Tang's Story

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
It's amazing the complex figures that can be made using only a few simple shapes. Following a class reading of the children's book Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert, young mathematicians use sets of tangrams to create models...
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Introduce /w/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Get to know the ins and outs of the letter w using these strategies combining pronunciation, recognition, letter sound, and word examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /w/ sound. Use these tips...
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John Lentine

Butterflies and Bugs

For Teachers 2nd
Symmetry, line, shape, art, and math are all connected through a fun hands-on craft. Included are instructions to a classic activity, where learners create butterflies to show symmetry in nature and then discuss symmetry in math. It is...
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Our States, My State

For Teachers K - 1st
Here is a very nice lesson on the shape of the United States, and the shapes of the individual states for your young geographers. They utilize worksheets embedded in the plan to color in a variety of states and to become familiar with...
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Learning Diamonds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this shape recognition worksheet, students practice drawing diamonds by tracing the diamonds and then printing some on their own. Students pick out the diamonds from the shapes and color them.
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Tracing Circles

For Students 1st
For this shape recognition worksheet, 1st graders study the various sizes of circles. Students practice tracing different types of circles.
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Tracing Squares

For Students 1st
In this shape recognition learning exercise, 1st graders study the various sizes of squares and then practice tracing the different types of squares.
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Scavenger Hunt: Creature Features

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this animal/science worksheet, students participate in a scavenger hunt to locate a variety of animals with different shapes, sizes and colors found in a zoo.
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Same Shapes

For Students K - 1st
In this same shapes activity, students color shapes in rows that match the 1st one shown in each row, then trace a set of shapes twice and draw once. 

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