Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Congruent Polygons: Copying Stretchy Shapes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate congruent polygons through dance. In this congruency lesson, 3rd graders do the "brain dance" as a warm up. They review polygon names by singing "The Polygon Chant," before mirroring congruent shapes with a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry in the Real World

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a unit of lessons on basic geometry concepts. They participate in a variety of activities, culminating in a project that involves publishing a booklet or a poster that presents the major geometry concepts from the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating Parallelogram

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learning how to define vocabulary words related to solving parallelograms will assist your learners in identifying different parallelograms. They use the navigator to view different shapes created by moving the parallelogram around.
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Fun with Shapes!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use these lesson plans to teach shapes in creative, hands-on ways!
Worksheet
Curated OER

Practicing Pythagoras

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math activity, students practice answering the questions for finding the hypotenuse of the given triangles while using the Pythagorean Theorem.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometry: Lesson 2

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with examining two dimensional figures with different properties that include circles, triangles, queadrilaterals, etc... They identify the types of figures that is identified as polygons.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shape Definitions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this shapes definitions worksheet, students match a set of descriptions with their correct shape names, 10 total, then answer a set of 4 additional questions. Answers included on page 2.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Plane Shapes

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this early childhood plane shapes worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An Introduction to Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners explore different types of quadrilaterals. Students define the terminology used with quadrilaterals. They create particular quadrilaterals based on specific characteristics of the quadrilaterals using an online tool.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shapes

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this shapes worksheet, students identify shapes according to sentences that describe them. Students identify 8 shapes, but have 14 to choose from.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry Review

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geometry math review worksheet, students respond to 37 questions that serve as a review of geometry skills.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geo-Mat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review plane figures by playing a game that resembles "Twister." They listen to directions to locate a large example of the figure which is placed on the floor.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tessellation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create an art piece incorporating tessellating shapes, translational symmetry, reflectional symmetry,and or rotational symmetry. They are asked if they know the definition of tessellation. If so, students are asked what shapes...
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program: Mathematics Book 2, Grade 3 2008

For Students 3rd
For this 3rd grade math standardized test practice worksheet, students solve 6 multiple-step open-ended math problems based on New York academic standards.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying the Properties of Rectangles

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video tutorial and attempt practice problems on identifying the properties of rectangles.
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Geometry: Polygons and Polyhedra: Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on quadrilaterals which can fall into multiple categories based on the number of sides and the angles.
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Other

Nearpod: Special Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 3rd Standards
In this lesson on special quadrilaterals, 3rd graders learn key vocabulary, explore right angles and equal side lengths, and apply their learning to a real-world scenario.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 4.g Defining Attributes of Rectangles & Parallelograms

For Teachers 4th
At early stages of understanding of geometric shapes, 4th graders describe shapes, but do not yet characterize shapes by their properties. One example of a misconception students have at this stage is that a rectangle has two short sides...
Graphic
History is Fun

Jan Brett: Geometric Shapes Flashcards Pdf

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Print out these colorfully illustrated PDF file pages to practice learning your basic two dimensional geometric shapes. Fold them in half and one side shows the shape while the other side shows the shape with the correct name. Put them...
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Parallelogram Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Calculate certain variables of a parallelogram depending on the inputs provided. Calculations include side lengths, corner angles, diagonals, height, perimeter, and area of parallelograms.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Making Conjectures About Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given examples of quadrilaterals and their component parts, the student will use explorations and concrete models to prove a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, rectangle, square, or rhombus using opposite sides, opposite angles, or...