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"School Shape Scavenger Hunt" Lesson Plan"School Shape Scavenger Hunt" Lesson Plan
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"School Shape Scavenger Hunt"

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Young scholars, in groups, venture onto the schoolground on a scavenger hunt for shapes. They are given tasks: recorder, team leader, presenter, reporter, and behavior guidelines and a time limit. They search the school for shapes found in real life.

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circles, hexagons, polygons, pentagons, squares, quadrilaterals, triangles

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circle, hexagon, pentagon, square, triangle, math
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2nd - 5th
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Math
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