Students will explore shapes and their attributes through a variety of resources including web sites, story books and manipulatives. Students will create a presentation of a shape adventure.

Origami (ori-folding, kami-paper) is the traditional Japanese art of folding paper. Young scholars will discover relationships between shapes as they are actively engaged in this hands on geometry instructional activity to learn basic...

The Chinese character mark formerly known as "Tan" is the first of two lessons to introduce first grade students to geometry using tangrams. This lesson incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson students will be able...

The Chinese character mark for Tan II (pronounced she-tow-bah) is the second of two lessons to introduce first grade learners to geometry using tangrams. This lesson plan incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson plan...

This lesson is a unique and fun way to review perimeter, angles, and types of adjectives. Young scholars pick an object from the classroom that will fit in a paper lunch bag. They investigate their object and fill in the attached sheet....