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Better Lesson: Find Closed Shapes
Students understand what a closed shape is and identify different shapes in the environment by name.
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Better Lesson: Oh So Cool Ovals
Students will get plenty of experience with hands-on practice and an opportunity to create an example of something shaped like an oval.
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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: I Scream, You Scream It's a Cone!
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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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: Chicka Chicka Shape Glyph
This is one of my favorite Open House activities. We use our shapes to create "mystery" glyphs that are hung in the hallway. Families use the legend to guess their child's glyph!
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Better Lesson: Happening Hexagons!
Hexagons are tricky! So close to stop-sign octagons, yet far less common. Plenty of practice is provided here.