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Better Lesson: Tremendous Triangles!
Students will be able to practice working with triangles in different orientations, students will illustrate a "real world" triangular object, & build craft stick triangles.
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Better Lesson: Super Squares!
This lesson provides an overview of squares, along with a chance to create actual squares and an opportunity to illustrate objects shaped like squares.
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Better Lesson: Can It! (Cylinders)
Kindergarteners love to identify shapes in their environment. In order to effectively do that, they must be able to recognize different shapes by their specific attributes. In this instructional activity kindergartners learn about the...
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Better Lesson: Circes All Around!
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 circle.
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Better Lesson: I Reckon It's a Rectangle!
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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Better Lesson: It's All Equal to Me! (Talking About Squares)
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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Better Lesson: Tri, Tri, Tri Angle!
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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Better Lesson: Tree Mapping in 2 D
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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Better Lesson: There's Six Sides to This Story It's a Hexagon!
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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Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Shape Match
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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Better Lesson: There's Nothing to Sphere!
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 instructional activity kindergartners learn about the...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Shape Tool
This tool allows you to create any geometric shape imaginable. Squares, triangles, rhombi, trapezoids and hexagons can be created, colored, enlarged, shrunk, rotated, reflected, sliced, and glued together.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Making Triangles
Understand the mathematical meaning of a triangle and the idea of congruence, or sameness, in geometry.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Geometric Solids
This tool allows you to manipulate various geometric solids and investigate their properties.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Patch Tool
Use this tool to design a pattern using geometric shapes.
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Better Lesson: Remarkable Rectangles
Rectangle is SO MUCH like triangle! Those darned angles--they'll get beginning learners! This is a fun way to practice rectangle!
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Better Lesson: Don't Be Such a Square, Be a Cube Instead!
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 instructional activity kindergartners learn about the...
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Better Lesson: Rockin' Rhombuses!
Rhombus, the mathematically correct term for "diamond" is the focus of this interactive lesson.
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Better Lesson: Shape Monsters!
Kindergartners love making things, and this activity allows them to create a unique shape monster and practice numbers recording the shapes used.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Constructing Triangles
This interactive exercise focuses on the appearance and manipulation of triangles.
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Pbs: Count on It!: Blossom and Snappy Go Camping
Blossom and Snappy help Robbie prepare for her camping trip. They learn about dehydrated food and the amount of water she will need for the four days and four nights she will be away. They also learn how to pick the right spot at the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shapes Into Sculptures
In this lesson, students will identify 2- and 3-dimensional shapes as well as create shape drawings and sculptures. Teacher materials are available.
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Pbs Learning Media: Shapes: Peg + Cat
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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Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shape Mobile
In this lesson, students will create a shape mobile of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes made from geometric shapes.