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Geometry Center Games
First graders review the placement of positional words and shapes. In groups, they travel between eight centers throughout the classroom in which they participate in various activities. They focus on concepts that are related to Geometry.
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Shapes and Patterns- Kaleidoscope
Third graders create art using shapes. In this shapes and patterns lesson, 3rd graders explore multiple ways of combining shapes to create new objects and art.
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Line and Shape Game
Students play the "space-breaker" game, in which they are required to create a picture using shapes or lines called out to them) to reinforce the concept of geometric shape and line.
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Investigation: Area of Geometric Shapes
Fourth graders explore geometry by utilizing pattern blocks. In this pattern lesson, 4th graders analyze two separate pattern block shapes and discuss which one is bigger and smaller. Students collaborate in small groups to create...
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Downtown Landmarks: geometry on Firstside
In this geometry worksheet, students look at a picture of downtown landmarks and identify different shapes, lines, and more. Students identify 18 items.
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Drawing with Shapes
First graders combine different shapes to create an image. For this geometry lesson, 1st graders utilize squares, circles, rectangles, triangles, and arc to draw a picture. Students share their creation with their class through an oral...
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Identifying the Shape of Objects 1
In this identifying the shape of objects 1 worksheet, students identify the picture and choose its correct shape online from multiple answers with immediate feedback.
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Investigation: Shape Balance
Second graders explore geometry by utilizing pattern blocks. In this shape identification lesson, 2nd graders view the characteristics for several different geometric shapes and create them using building blocks and other classroom...
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Ship Shape
Second graders explore shapes. After reading books about shapes, 2nd graders describe the properties of various shapes. They identify shapes if they have been rotated, flipped, or slid. Students create shapes using drawings and geoboards.
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Say It With Shapes
Young scholars create patterns with shapes and words. In this patterns and shapes lesson, students recieve an envelope with shapes with words on them. Young scholars make patterns with the shapes that also create a poem. Students can add...
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Physical Education Meets Geometry
Students create geometric shapes with a jump rope. In this interdisciplinary instructional activity, students review the different shapes while getting some physical activity.
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Sizing Up Shapes
First graders explore geometric shapes. In this math instructional activity, 1st graders sort shapes into groups and discuss the characteristics of the shapes. Students build geometric shapes using toothpicks and marshmallows.
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Creating Shapes
In this geometry skills lesson, students respond to 4 questions that require them to examine the pictured shapes and follow the instructions to create new shapes out of them.
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Geometric Shapes
Students identify polygons. In this geometric shape lesson, students explore the characteristics of polygons. They identify polygons, and classify triangles according to their sides and angles. Students create a poster representing...
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Navajo Rug
Navajo art incorporates many fascinating shapes and designs. In this shapes lesson, students explore how shapes may be combined to create art and architecture. They also discover shapes in the world around them.
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Circles, Squares, Triangles and Rectangles In Our World
Here is an engaging geometry lesson which has learners identify the properties of shapes and cut shapes out of magazines. They make cookies using cookie cutters in various shapes.
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Similar Situations
Young scholars explore intersecting lines. In this intersecting lines lesson, students investigate shapes consisting of parallel, perpendicular, and similar lines. Young scholars investigate these lines in shapes around them.
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Label the Shapes
In this geometry worksheet, students study 4 pictures of shapes and using the word bank, label them. Students then draw the specified shapes in four more problems.
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Coordinate Geometry
Grab your class and get them graphing polygons on a coordinate plane! They investigate the four quadrants, discover the x and y axis, and correctly plot ordered pairs. To show their comprehension, each child creates a coordinate picture...
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Shaping Up!
Kindergartners are introduced to basic shapes. Learners spend 45 minutes a day in geometry centers carrying out the activities outlined in this ambitious plan. There are games, hands-on activities, interactive websites, art projects,...
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Geometric Shapes
In this geometry skills practice worksheet, learners respond to 8 questions that require them to identify vertices and name the pictured geometric figures.
Illustrative Mathematics
Grandfather Tang's Story
It's amazing the complex figures that can be made using only a few simple shapes. Following a class reading of the children's book Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert, young mathematicians use sets of tangrams to create models of the...
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Counting Squares
Challenge young mathematicians' understanding of squares with this geometry puzzle. The task is simple, identify as many squares as possible in a 3x3 array. Allow learners to work independently or in pairs as they search for squares,...
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Solid Shapes
In this solid shapes worksheet, students read descriptions of solid shapes, then label a set of pictures with either box, cylinder, pyramid or cone.