West Contra Costa Unified School District
Discovering Slope of a Line in Standard Form
From start to finish this skills practice resource provides a way for individuals to explore the standard form equation of a line. Begin with a warm-up, work through the problems, and then discover the relationship between the...
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Math, Age 3-5
Jump start children's math education with this fun basic skills resource. Offering dozens of different touch-and-swipe activities with colorful graphics, this program is perfect for all young learners.
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Line, Shape, Form, and Pattern
ArtsWork produces some very fine art lesson plans. This one is no exception! In it, learenrs experiment with line to develop skill in creating shapes and patterns. They also play around with shading to create forms. There are six...
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Under Pressure: Contour Drawing Prep
Know how to use your tools before you can become a great creator! Here, learners experience their drawing tools using various degrees of pressure as they draw contour lines. This is a preparatory skills practice intended for use prior to...
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Musical Mystery Words
Students study the letter names for the treble clef and create words using the letters that represent the lines and spaces on the staff.
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Moving Left to Right
These animals need to find their homes! Young scholars help them by drawing lines from each animal on the left to its habitat on the right. There is no guessing to be done here, though; pairs are directly across from one another. They...
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Connect the Rhymes
If your budding readers are new to rhyme, this is a visual way to give them practice. They examine familiar sets of objects, matching them to their rhyming partners by drawing a connecting line. Practice left to right skills by asking...
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Basic Geometric Concepts - Homework 14.1
In this recognizing geometric figures learning exercise, students read descriptions, draw, label, and write the names and symbols for basic geometric figures. Students solve thirteen problems.
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Points, Lines, Segments, and Rays Lesson 15-1
Some of the most important vocabulary in the study of geometry is presented here. In this PowerPoint, learners view the definitions for points, lines, segments, and rays. The definitions and graphics are clear, and kids are also coached...
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Interactivate - Geometry in Tessellations
Young scholars use an on-line worksheet to experiment with patterns of tessellations in regular polygons. As students observe different shapes in the "Tessellate" Activity they complete a data table and practice making predictions for...
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Points, Lines, and Line Segments - Homework 16.1
In this geometry worksheet, students complete a homework assignment in which they name 3 lines and line segments. They write parallel, intersecting, or perpendicular, to describe the relationships between 4 pairs of lines. They draw an...
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Sample Lesson Plan on Lines and Angles
Student complete worksheet using the definitions of lines and angle vocabulary. They define the word and follow a direction given on the worksheet such "construct a line." They complete an online tutorial on how to measure angles using a...
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Identify the Element of Line
Students explore the element of "line." In this beginning art activity, students listen to the book Harold and the Purple Crayon, then describe the types of lines Harold drew. Students identify straight lines, jagged lines, curvy...
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Introduction to Parallel Lines in Euclidean Space and in Spherical Space
Eighth graders are introduced to the basic concepts of Geometry and their definitions in Euclidean space. They draw and define the following terms: point, line, and line segment. Students also define the terms colliner and...
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Walking the Line
Students participate in activities that engage all learning styles (such as picture walks, tracing lines, movement/theatre technique) as an introduction to the art element of line and its importance to art.
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Rise Over Run
Students define the slope of the line, find the slope between any two points on the line, and allow them to name other areas where the slope is used. They explain why the slope is defined as the rise over the run.
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Find Someone Who........
Fifth graders identify, describe, and classify lines, line segments, rays, and angles. When given a diagram of a line, they classify the line as perpendicular, parallel, intersecting, vertical, horizontal, and/or diagonal.
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Pattern, Rhythm, and the Ancient Greeks
Students study the concept of patterns in geometry. In this pattern-making lesson, students locate various types of patterns in images provided. Students define the types of images that can create a pattern. Students also describe the...
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Concurrent Lines, Medians and Altitudes
In this geometry worksheet, students construct angles and identify medians and altitudes. They use a compass and protractor to perform heir construction. There are 28 questions.
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Untraceable Exercise
In this tracing instructional activity, students trace lines, figures, and letters and explain if they could or could not trace them. Students complete 9 problems.
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Line, Ray, Segment
Students define vocabulary words. In this geometry instructional activity, students identify the graph as a line, ray or segments. They understand the properties of each and calculate the distance on a number line.
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Line and Pattern
Students investigate lines and patterns. In this line and pattern activity, students discuss types of lines and work on grids. They draw a picture very lightly before filling it in with the pattern they made in the grid.
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Tangrams
In this tangrams instructional activity, 10th graders solve 7 different problems related to designing tangrams. First, they trace each of the figures shown on the sheet. Then, students cut out the pieces and rearrange them to form each...
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Gee's Bend Quilts
Third graders identify five new facts about the quilts, women, and community of Gee's Bend and finish their quilts by sewing the four edges of the quilt down. They review the color wheel and what the terms Primary, Secondary, Analogous,...