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Geometric Shapes and Figures
In this identifying shapes and geometric figures worksheet, students observe objects and choose the best answer to identify them. Students choose 6 answers.
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Shapes for Sale!
In this visual thinking activity, students use the price tags on the 3 basic shapes at the top of the page to determine the costs of each of the 6 more complex shapes on the page. They then make their own complex shape and ask a...
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What's in a Shape?
Pupils explore characteristics of shapes by making and using tangram sets. They discover how the tangram pieces are related to one another, and determine how many different combinations of the triangles, squares, and parallelograms in...
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Basic Shapes
Students create books about shapes. In this shape lesson, students select a topic such as points, lines, angles, planes, polygons, quadrilaterals, triangles, circles, and polyhedra. In groups, they create an illustrated children's book...
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Naming Shapes
Learners study geometric shapes and practice naming them properly. In this geometry lesson, students work in groups to give definitions of the vocabulary to each other in their own words. Learners also visit a lower grade and teach...
Kuta Software
Identifying Solid Figures
Reinforce basic geometry skills in an elementary math lesson. A simple instructional activity prompts learners to identify and label 3-D shapes.
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Large 5x5 Geoboard Paper
Accompany a physical Geoboard or use this printed 5x5 Geoboard paper with lines for writing to explore and explain basic geometric concepts.
Illustrative Mathematics
How Thick Is a Soda Can I?
The humble soda can gets the geometric treatment in an activity that links math and science calculations. After a few basic assumptions are made and discussed, surface area calculations combine with density information to develop an...
Beyond Benign
Hit the Deck: Area and Perimeter Review
Designing a deck sure demands a lot of math. Future engineers and architects learn about the areas and perimeters of squares, rectangles, triangles, and composite figures. They apply their new knowledge to design a deck with a specified...
Curated OER
Shapes
Students identify basic shapes, name basic shapes, and match shapes with names. They find shapes hidden in pictures.
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Shape Muddle
An engaging presentation is designed for young geometers. Pictures of basic shapes that are mislabeled, and learners must come up the correct name for each of the shapes. Simple, yet effective!
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Money and Math
Not only will your young Spanish speakers develop shopping/ money vocabulary, they'll practice basic math as well! This plan will take no longer than 10-15 minutes and just has learners look at different products and do simple math. If...
Oregon Department of Education
Building and Expanding Patterns
The generation of a number, or shape pattern, is the focus of this math activity. Pupils are presented with a variety of patterns shapes, and number patterns, then use worksheets embedded in the plan to gain further practice. The...
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2: Isle of Shapes - Based on the Puerto Rico Quarter Reverse
Students identify both two and three-dimensional shapes. In this geometric shapes lesson, students listen to a teacher led lesson about the island of Puerto Rico. They look at the symbols and shapes on "Puerto Rico Quarter Reverse" on a...
Arizona State University
Mining Shapes
Youngsters recognize and identify shapes. They draw, and use modeling clay to make shapes. They also identify shapes in their environment and in the Navajo culture, then compare the shapes and sort them into groups. This is the website...
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Shapes and Patterns in Art and Oceans
First graders draw, cut out, and design their own fish shapes by cutting out shapes and putting them together. In this shapes and patterns worksheet, 1st graders also construct a stamp and print patterns with stamps to repeat a...
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Planets Beyond
Students recognize basic geometric shapes. They research the positions of planets in our solar system and find information on early theories about the location of planets and the sun. Students visualize planets as they might appear in an...
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Shapes & Angles
Students identify the basic elements of abstract art and all art. They explore the work of Wassily Kandinsky and recognize his Modern style. Afterwards, they imitate the methods of Abstract artists to create their own art.
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Shapes
Students sort objects by shape, size and color. In this math and literacy sorting lesson, students listen to the book Freddy the Fish and the Squash that Goes Squish by Duke Christoffersen. Students work in small groups to sort vegetable...
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Free Printables: Shape Recognition
In this shape worksheet, students find specific shapes or angles and color them the correct color that is indicated at the top of the worksheet. There are 8 worksheets to select from on this page.
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Matching Shapes
In this shapes worksheet, students recognize the 4 shapes drawn on each leaf, cut out the 4 dotted shapes at the bottom of the worksheet and then paste each shape to their matching shape on each leaf.
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Circus of Shapes
In this basic geometry skills worksheet, students examine rectangles, ovals, triangles, and squares as they color the shapes included on the worksheet.
Super Teacher Worksheets
Solid Figures
In the hustle and bustle of everyday life it's easy to forget that geometric shapes are everywhere in the world around us. As they complete this shape identification worksheet, young mathematicians realize that many common real-life...
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The Shapes of Rice
Students investigate geometry by identifying shapes related to rice and rice farming. For this geometry lesson, students discuss the different shapes used in rice agriculture and discuss what other objects in our lives use that same...