Illustrative Mathematics
Make Your Own Puzzle
Puzzling over what geometry lesson to teach next? Look no further. This simple activity teaches young mathematicians how shapes can be decomposed into smaller figures, and how smaller figures can be assembled into larger shapes. To learn...
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Color In The Shape Rocket
In this color in the shape rocket worksheet, students utilize the primary colors to color the three different shapes that form the shape rocket.
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Cut Outs: Shapes and Symbols
Learners create collages based on Juan Quick-to-See Smith's "Ode to Chief Seattle." In this shapes, symbols and Native American instructional activity, students examine the "Ode to Chief Seattle" and Henri Matisse's cutout work. Learners...
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Getting Into Shape
Students recognize lines and corners as properties of geometric figures and identify shapes based on these characteristics. They move through a variety of stations practicing tossing, throwing, tallying and recording combinations of shapes.
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Color The Easter Chick, What Shapes Can You See?
In this color the Easter chick, what shapes can you see activity, students count and color all the triangles and circles they can find on the Easter chick.
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Geometry and Shapes in the X-36
Learners describe, draw, and classify shapes. They use the internet to research the X-36 aircraft. Students identify the geometric shapes in the aircraft. They calculate the number of sides in an x-36.
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Thinking Skills: Find the Correct Shape
In this thinking skills worksheet, students read three clues to figure out which of three pictures of geometric shapes is the correct one. Kids draw an X on each shape that doesn't fit the clues. Students circle the correct shape. This...
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Circus of Shapes
In this ovals learning exercise, students analyze a circus picture with many geometric shapes. Students find all the ovals and color them.
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The Four-Square Quilt
Youngsters recognize that triangles can be combined together to make various shapes. The learning activity provides a series of seven steps that engage children in applying transformations to triangles. Pupils use a quilt template and...
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Literacy Activity: Mouse Shapes
Students listen to the book Mouse Shapes and identify the shapes in the book as it is being read. In this shapes lesson, students identify the shapes in the book, and then play with cut out shapes that they can hold in their hands.
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Sizes Worksheet: Smaller
In this size comparison learning exercise, students will examine three shapes, determine the name of each shape and then draw a smaller version of each shape.
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Shapes Sally Snake Can Make Story Book
Students listen to the book Shapes Sally Snake Can Make while they hold their own snake made out of a pipe cleaner. In this shapes instructional activity, students develop their listening skills while the book is read to them, and then...
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Architecture: It's Elementary!—First Grade
Build an interest and appreciation for architecture in your young learners with this fun 10-lesson art unit. Engaging children in using their five senses, the class first observes the environment around them, paying special attention to...
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Math Quilts
Young scholars examine geometric shapes. In this geometric shape lesson plan, students examine how geometric shapes flip, turn, and slide to create a pattern. Young scholars analyze the role that quilts played in helping slaves escape...
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Identifying Patterns
Students investigate the elements of a pattern. In this geometry lesson plan, students identify different shapes in a pattern and discover which shapes are missing in order to extend it. Students create their own patterns using...
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Triangles and Rectangles
In this geometric shapes activity, students study five pictures of trees made out of triangles and rectangles. Students follow the directions to trace and color the shapes they find in the picture.
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Triangles and Ovals- Ice Cream Cones
In this geometric shapes learning exercise, students look for ovals and triangles in a picture of three multi-scoop ice cream cones. Students follow the directions to color each shape they find.
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Trace the Rectangles: Skyscraper Picture
In this geometric shapes worksheet, students find all the rectangles in a picture of a skyscraper. Students trace the rectangles and color them grey.
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The Element of Color
Eighth graders study and analyze the elements of color by creating an personalized color wheel. Emphasis is placed on constructive criticism of student work by others for assessment. Students create short poems for their color wheel...
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Abstract Art: Line, Shape And Color
Students define and create an abstract art work. They introduce the artist Piet Mondrian and review geometric shapes (rectangles & squares), straight , angular lines, color.
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Shapes!
Students identify five basic geometric shapes by naming them according to their defining characteristics. They draw the shapes and identify food with similar shapes.
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Combining Attribute Blocks
For this geometric shapes worksheet, students analyze the colored attribute blocks and find the figures that can be made by combining those blocks. Students color the figures that are possible to make and draw an X through the ones that...
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Marshmallow Towers
Students explore geometry by completing a marshmallow activity in class. In this architecture lesson, students identify the jobs of civil engineers and architects while identifying different geometric shapes as well. Students utilize...
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Rectangles: Rory the Rabbit
In this rectangles worksheet, students trace four examples of rectangles and then draw some on their own. Students find and color the rectangles in a group of geometric shapes.