Students demonstrate how to alphabetize animal names. In this word study instructional activity, students identify animals that live on the farm and conduct a favorite farm animal survey. Students order animal pictures in alphabetical...

Students discover the true value of their senses. In this sight lesson, students discover the difficulty of life without sight by performing everyday activities without the help of their eyes. The students examine their results and the...

So many shapes in our vast oceans. Young explorers can discover new shapes in a variety of ways in this lesson. One way is having free exploration with a pattern shape kit handed out by the teacher. Another is by viewing a...

There are multiple objectives in this tracing worksheet. Beginning printers practice with shape attributes and names, letters, spelling, printing, and fine motor skills all at once. For each, they trace the shape and its spelling...

Provide a little extra support for your emerging mathematicians with a personal word wall. Including graphics and images that support children with learning to count, identify colors and shapes, and read high frequency words,...

Work on shapes and body parts at the same time with a fun set of activities. Kids sing and read about Mr. Shape Head, who has shapes on his face, before making their own Mr. Shape Head.

A set of 24 math vocabulary cards enhances any math lesson for beginning readers. Each sheet contains two vocabulary words. The top card has the vocabulary word printed in bold text. The bottom card has a picture...

Gingerbread men are just like us—they're unique! Discover how many combinations are possible when constructing a gingerbread man with several choices for shapes and colors of eyes, noses, and buttons. 

How can shapes help solve literal equations? Scholars first learn to replace variables with shapes to aid in solving literal equations. A worksheet of practice problems helps hone the skill.

A wind turbine is essentially just a giant pinwheel, right? Individuals first create pinwheels from paper, pins, and pencils. In groups, they model a wind farm along a coast and then test out their designs using an electric fan.

Students identify and form a pattern out of 2-D shapes, then transfer this pattern into creating placemats.

First graders practice identifying simple geometric shapes. As a class, they discuss positional words and review the words for simple shapes and their characteristics. They work together to create their own puzzle using the shapes.

Students participate in a variety of treasure hunts to promote critical thinking skills. In these problem solving lessons, students go on a photo hunt, scavenger hunt, clue hunt, and map hunt, looking for specific treasures.

In this Math Olympics instructional activity, 7th graders work in groups to solve 2 math puzzles requiring logic and problem solving skills.

In this math worksheet, young scholars examine a pattern of geometric shapes. After looking at the sequence of shapes and deciding what the pattern is, students choose the shape that would come next. There are 4 problems.

In this identification worksheet, students indicate the color and shapes. Students choose the color from a word bank. They choose the name for a shape and look at shapes to answer questions about them.

Students find the shapes that are asked of them out of a bunch of shapes. In this shapes lesson plan, students find a specific number of a specific shape with a specific size and color.

In this rewriting ratios worksheet, students observe models and read short statements. Next, they write ratios to depict the models and describe the statements. Students write their ratios in lowest terms. This one-page worksheet...

Students create shape booklets. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students practice shape recognition as they participate in a scavenger hunt and create a shape booklet.

Students recognize lines and corners as properties of geometric figures and identify shapes based on these characteristics. They move through a variety of stations practicing tossing, throwing, tallying and recording combinations of shapes.

Students compare and contrast similar two and three dimensional shapes within cooperative groups.

Second graders explore geometry by experimenting with fold-ables. In this geometric shapes instructional activity, 2nd graders utilize cutout shapes from construction paper which they experiment with by folding. Students examine the...

Young scholars describe shapes to other students who have to guess that shape. In this shape lesson plan, young scholars describe shape attributes to other students. Then those other young scholars have to guess the shape that is being...

Students use movement and dance in order to strengthen mathematical understanding of different geometric shapes. The movements are imitating the drawing of shapes and they pick one to make into a dance. Upon beginning the dance music can...