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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: I Reckon It's a Rectangle!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson plan kindergartners learn about the attributes of a...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: It's All Equal to Me! (Talking About Squares)

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson kindergartners learn about the attributes of a square.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tri, Tri, Tri Angle!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson kindergartners learn about different types of...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tree Mapping in 2 D

For Teachers K Standards
Identifying 2D shapes in common objects and sorting according to shapes connects the real world to learning shape names and attributes.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Shape Match

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Monster Mansion Shape Match is a fun educational game for kids to learn and practice 2D and 3D shapes. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match objects to shapes or objects to words....
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Making Triangles

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Understand the mathematical meaning of a triangle and the idea of congruence, or sameness, in geometry.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Don't Be Such a Square, Be a Cube Instead!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this lesson kindergartners learn about the attributes of a cube.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Rockin' Rhombuses!

For Teachers K Standards
Rhombus, the mathematically correct term for "diamond" is the focus of this interactive lesson.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shapes Into Sculptures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, learners will identify 2- and 3-dimensional shapes as well as create shape drawings and sculptures. Teacher materials are available.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shapes: Peg + Cat

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
We are learning about how shape attributes helps us to see how shapes are alike and different. This site provides four resources for shapes including 3-D.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shape Mobile

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this activity, students will create a shape mobile of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes made from geometric shapes.
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Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Two Dimensional and Three Dimensional Shapes

For Students K Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Living in the Mill: 3 D Objects

For Students K - 1st Standards
On this interactive website student practice various math skills using a real life scenario at an ice cream party. Those skills include naming and identifying spheres, cones and cylinders.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Truck Stop: 2 D Shapes

For Students K Standards
Students will idenitfy and group shapes based on their attributes.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Three Dimensional Shapes

For Teachers K Standards
In this activity, students will learn to identify three-dimensional shapes by name and distinguish between two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.
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Unit Plan
NumberNut

Number Nut: Shapes, Symbols, and Colors: Grouping

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Find out how grouping is used in addition, multiplication and division. Then practice set recognition playing the two interactive games.
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Activity
Math Cats

Math Cats: Visit Tessellation Town on Tile Island!

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Go to Tessellation Town on Tile Island and create a variety of tessellations.
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Activity
Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: No Matter What Shape Your Fractions Are In

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Four basic geometric shapes - the triangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, and hexagon - are examined to determine how many of one shape fits "inside" another. For instance, how many triangles are "in" a hexagon. Ten questions with solutions...
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Lesson Plan
NC State University

The Engineering Place: Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson in creating 3-D solids using toothpicks and marshmallows.
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Interactive
Other

Bright Productions Web Designs: Shape Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
You will enjoy this shape game. It tells you the name of a shape and all you have to do is click on the correct shape. If you get confused you can have another try.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart to identify and name familiar 2d/3d shapes.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are challenged to identify and name common 2D/3D shapes.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Shapes 3 D

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart identifies and draws circles, squares, triangles, ovals (ellipses), and rectangles. Flipchart identifies spheres, cubes, cylinders, and cones of various sizes, in various orientations and...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Tangrams

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart uses tangrams to teach geometric principles. There are many opportunities for students to interact and practice with tangrams.