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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Building With Shapes

For Teachers 1st Standards
I love blending art and math. I want my students to develop a depth of knowledge for 2D plane shapes and distinguish polygon from non-polygon shapes.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Assessing Composing and Decomposing Shapes

For Teachers 1st Standards
Knowledge in Action! Today you will find out if the students are understanding the idea of decomposing and composing shapes with pattern blocks.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compare Shapes

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice comparing shapes based on their number of sides, number of corners, and side-lengths. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Interactive
TVOntario

Tvo Kids: Sandy Math Shapes

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Build the castles that the waves have crashed down by putting shapes in the right spot. Games focuses on geometry and spatial sense.
Activity
NumberNut

Number Nut: Shapes, Symbols, and Colors: 2 D Shapes

For Students K - 1st Standards
Did you know that two-dimensional shapes are also called polygons? This lesson describes the various 2-D shapes and includes two interactive games to reinforce skills.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Name Shapes 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice more challenging problems identifying circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Playing With Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a small lesson for 2nd grade math-geometry. Once students have been introduced to the key vocabulary terms in geometry, the teacher can reinforce those shapes, terms, and some...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: 3 D Shapes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students are introduced to the following 3-D shapes, including spheres, cylinders, and rectangular prisms.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Pattern Block Template Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides a review of circle, rectangle, square, triangle, and hexagon and introduces trapezoid and rhombus. Students are asked to identify the number of sides and the number of corners of...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Classifying Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this flipchart students will learn how to classify two-dimensional shapes and discuss the attributes of polygons.
Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Making Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore the literature connections, online activity, pencil and paper activity, and the manipulative investigation of patterns and geometric shapes on this page!
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: 4.4 Developing Geometry Understandings With Tangrams

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students use this interactive website to explore tangrams by connecting the pieces.
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Use Calendars and Dates

For Students 1st - 5th
Test your knowledge of reading and interpreting a calendar.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Name Shapes 3

For Students K - 1st Standards
Practice identifying circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, trapezoids, and hexagons. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Shadows

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Can you judge an object by its shadow? Use your mental rotation skills to determine if a shadow can be produced by a particular shape.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Puzzles

For Students K - 1st
In this interactive students click on one of the black statues to break them down into shapes; then they reconstruct the statue by putting the puzzle pieces together, which shows the animal that it represents and replaces the statues...
Interactive
SEN Teacher

Sen Teacher: Nets

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Generate different "nets" for paper construction of common three-dimensional shapes: cube, cuboid, pyramid, cone, tetrahedron, cylinder, octahedron, rhombic prism, dodecahedron, pentagonal prism, and pentagonal prism.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Two Dimensional Shapes Identify and Match

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to analyze and compare various two-dimensional shapes according to the vertices, sides and parallel lines. It features "containers" created in Version 3 (can be used with...
Interactive
Math Playground

Math Playground: Geometry Board

For Students K - 1st Standards
Create polygons by stretching bands over pegs on this geometry board. Then find the area and perimeter of the shape you created.
Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Shapely Tiling

For Students Pre-K - 1st
On this one page interactive website expand your logic, Motion Geometry and pattern recognition knowledge while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Interactive
Other

Kinderweb: Educational Children's Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Do It Yourself Patchwork Gifts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students will sharpen their geometry skills when they make these holiday gifts. This site offers hands-on activities with geometry skills interwoven.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Tan Ii

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The Chinese character mark for Tan II (pronounced she-tow-bah) is the second of two lessons to introduce first grade students to geometry using tangrams. This lesson incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson students...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Geometric Quilts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find out how quilting and math go hand in hand when you visit this comprehensive resource. This resource provides a lesson plan for integrating geometry concepts with quilt making.

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