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Squares
Learners identify shapes that are squares. In this square lesson, students identify the square items and then sing songs about squares.
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Exploring Geometry in the Real World
Students find real-world examples of a variety of geometric shapes. They conduct research, record observations, and write descriptions. They create a classroom cityscape and highlight the information they gathered. They present an oral...
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Solidly Platonic
When they do, they learn. Using this resource, young mathematicians learn about platonic solids by actually building, touching, and examining the shapes. They connect their observations about the shapes to Euler's formula.
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Geometry Scavenger Hunt
Students hunt for hidden geometric shapes and compare the properties of various shapes. In this geometry lesson, students play a game of finding squares, circles, rectangles, and ovals that have been hidden around the classroom. Students...
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Identify Plane Shapes and Solid Shapes
First graders explore the math concept of geometric shapes. For this plane shapes and solid shapes lesson, 1st graders examine visual examples. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
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Classifying and Sorting Shapes
In this early childhood problem solving worksheet, students sort and classify shapes as they respond to 4 short answer questions regarding characteristics of shapes.
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Classifying and Sorting Shapes 3
For this early childhood problem solving worksheet, students sort and classify shapes as they respond to 3 short answer questions regarding characteristics of shapes. Students also respond to 1 test prep question.
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MATH SHAPES
First graders identify the given math shape and then click and drag the shape name to the correct shape.
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Please Draw One With Me!
In this math activity, students learn basic geometric shapes by drawing them as they sing a class song. Students draw a rectangle, square, circle and triangle as they sing the song to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey."
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Two-Dimensional Geometric Shapes
Students participate in hands-on activities to explore the shapes in their environment.
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Shapes Are Everywhere
Third graders explore pattern blocks noticing their similarities and differences and share their observations with others. They classify shapes by discussing sides and angles and combine pieces to make new shapes.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Unit 3 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 1)
Reinforce math vocabulary with a set of flashcards. Each card showcases a boldly typed word or a picture representation with labels. The topics are geometry related and include terms such as cones, faces, pyramids, sides, and more!
Smithsonian Institution
Geometric Shapes Collage
Junior geometers practice stating the names of different geometric shapes. They define and name the different shapes and compare and contrast shapes to one another. They also relate the shapes to objects in the real world.
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Exploring Shapes
Students practice moving over shapes they have designed. They work on trying to travel around the shapes while practicing their jumping and landing patterns.
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Properties of 2D Shapes
In this math worksheet, learners study 5 basic geometric shapes. Students write a description for each, naming the shape, telling about the edges, the lengths and the corners.
Perkins School for the Blind
Which One is the Square?
Children who are blind need to constantly be engaged in building conceptual understandings of the world around them. This activity will help them grasp the concept of shape, identify shapes, and consider shapes as they are used to...
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Mental Math: 5 a Day
This is a really cool math resource! There are nineteen different slides containing five math problems each. They are intended to be used as daily math warm ups and address skills such as, addition, problem solving, missing addends, word...
Illustrative Mathematics
Are These Right?
Is that a right triangle or a wrong triangle? Young mathematicians look at eleven different shapes and use a measuring tool of their choice to determine which triangles have right angles. Consider cutting out sets of the shapes to...
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Plane Figures
For this plane figures worksheet, students answer questions about the plane figures and their sides and corners. Students draw pictures to help them answer the six problems.
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Polygons in Symmetry: Animal Inventions
Fourth graders use polygons to create animal figures with symmetry. In this polygons and symmetry lesson, 4th graders create a symmetrical animal collage by cutting and gluing geometric shapes and figures from math activities.
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Who Am I?
In this early childhood shape problem solving worksheet, learners determine the 4 shapes that are described. Student also respond to 1 short answer question.
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Identifying Shapes and Matching
Students recognize shapes and repeating shapes can make a pattern. In this patterns lesson, students identify pictures of shapes as patterns or not patterns. Students describe how the pattern is made.
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Putting It All Together
Students complete activities to learn about the shapes and their vertices. For this shape recognition lesson, students discover the rule linking the number of sides with the number of vertices for shapes. Students categorize...
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Interactive Geometry
Students discover the plain shapes that make up space shapes. They match and stamp shapes together, and create their own space shapes. Students apply what they know about space shapes to make amuseum of shapes. Finally, they compare...