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Bears: Position Words
Students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and discuss position words, such as, under, on, in, behind, etc. They use stuffed bears to demonstrate these words.
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Describing Environments
Fifth graders describe environments using position words. In this description lesson, 5th graders practice using adjective, comparatives and superlatives in partners and on worksheets.
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Where Am I? Determining Relative Location
Students use position words to describe where their teacher is sitting and read a story that makes use of position words. In this spatial instructional activity, students make a stick puppet and play Simon Says focusing on using position...
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Identifying Shapes: Top, Middle, Bottom
In this identifying shapes: top, bottom, middle activity, students circle the correct word to indicate the position of the colored shape, either top, bottom or middle.
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Before, Between, After
In this spatial terms worksheet, students look at the pictures, listen to the teacher read the questions, and draw a ring around the picture that correctly shows the spatial relationship for each question. Students complete 9 exercises.
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Animal Totem Pole
In this preposition "on" worksheet, students analyze a whimsical picture of animals stacked on top of one another. Students complete 6 sentences about the position of the animals by writing the word "on" in each sentence.
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Left and Right Worksheet - Animals
In this positions of objects worksheet, students circle the words "left" or "right" according to the direction the animal is facing. Students complete 6 exercises.
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Left and Right Worksheet - Animals
In this positions of objects worksheet, students practice recognizing left and right by circling the animals according to the directions for 5 exercises.
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Circle the Animals Facing Right
In this positions of objects activity, students look at the animals and circle the ones facing right. Students improve their understanding of left and right.
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Left and Right Worksheet - Vehicles
In this positions of objects worksheet, 1st graders practice recognizing left and right by following the circling directions in each of the 6 boxes of pictures.
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Above
In this spatial terms worksheet, students look at the pictures and color the ones that are above the children. Students' objective is to enhance their understanding of spatial terms.
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Positions - Understanding the Positions of Objects
In this positions worksheet, students tick off the positions of each of three pictures. They tell if each picture is in the middle, at the bottom, or at the top. They work with the picture of a woman, a dog, or a man.
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Before, After, Between
In this position words worksheet, learners complete three activities where they learn how to identify spatial relationships that occur before, after, and between.
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More Position Words
In this position words worksheet, students learn spatial terms by drawing a red squirrel traveling up the tree, a gray squirrel going down, a blue bird flying down from the left branch, and a yellow bird flying up from the right branch.
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ESL Matching- Prepositions- The Basics
In this ESL prepositions matching worksheet, students match a clip art picture of a soccer ball in different positions in relation to a box. They match the picture to the word that best describes the ball's position such as over, under,...
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Where's the cat?
For this position words worksheet, students demonstrate knowledge of words through a cut and paste activity. Students put a picture of a cat in the appropriate place based on the word on the card.
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West Virginia Quarter Reverse: Over, Under, In, and Out
Students examine the images on the West Virginia quarter reverse. Using the quarter design as a model, the discover the meaning of directional terms. They play a game where they have to listen to and follow directions and complete a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Oscar's Rotten Ride
Learn spatial relations with Oscar the Grouch as you collect trash that is over, under, or between different objects!
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Pbs Learning Media: Fresh Pick Challenge: Pantry Search
Put children in charge of building a pantry that Corporal Cup would be proud of. This activity will help them use direction, distance, and location, visualize placement and positioning, and describe relative positions, such as "next to,"...
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Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Animal Assistants Activity Plan
The animals need help! In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will take the role of Animal Assistants and use their spatial skills to help save the day. Each section of this weeklong adventure is introduced by a video clip or...
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Pbs Learning Media: Classroom Posters: Pbs Kids
Print and post a set of 13 early childhood posters to support your young learners. From counting 1-10, to identifying feelings, to naming the days of the week, you can leverage these PBS KIDS posters at Circle Time in Centers, and to...
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Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Two Dimensional and Three Dimensional Shapes
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.
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Class Flow: Positional Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson uses positional words to place objects on a background.
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Class Flow: Where on Earth Is It?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a preliminary pre-assessment on positional words, before beginning a unit on mapping skills.