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Great Shapes Alive!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Compare two- and three-dimensional shapes and construct three dimensional models from two-dimensional shapes. Diagram the shapes and reflect about the process in writing.
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Symmetry (Bug)

For Students 1st - 2nd
Play around with symmetry with this worksheet! Learners examine an image of half of a bug drawn on grid paper and complete the drawing, making the image symmetrical. The bug contains curved lines as well as patterns to copy over to the...
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Using the Web to Explore Shapes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research the Internet to locate geometric designs in familiar buildings. They review shapes, solids, angles and symmetry as they research websites of familiar buildings in Louisville. They record the information they see...
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Shapes Around Us

For Teachers K
Students identify basic two-dimensional shapes. They are able to identify the four basic two-dimensional shapes: squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles. Students write/draw in their learning logs a reflection of what they noticed...
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Recognizing Geometric Shapes

For Students 2nd - 4th
Comparing shapes can be integral to shape recognition- use this multiple-choice worksheet to help scholars know which is which...and which is not! In 4 questions, students observe multiple figures and identify the quadrilateral,...
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Shapes

For Teachers K
Learners participate in a number of hands-on shape-related activities. They match and sort shapes by attribute, read books about shapes, complete shape art projects and explore and compare parts of shapes.
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Shapes in Our World

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Help your students explore shapes. They classify shapes and identify them in their everyday world. Plane shapes are explored, and they classify and identify the plane shapes.
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Good Food Explorers

For Teachers Pre-K
Students use different food items in order to practice the mathematical concept of shape recognition. At the same time the teacher explains how crops are a source of physical health. They use all five senses to describe each food item...
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Areas of Irregular Shapes

For Students 4th - 6th
In this geometry worksheet, students practice estimating the area of irregular shapes. There are 5 questions on this worksheet in which they must estimate areas.
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Valentine's Day Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Young scholars choose various shapes and colors to create a Valentine's 'person'.  In this Valentine's Day lesson, students design collages, make prints and mosaic pictures.  More advanced young scholars create a Tessellation...
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Geometry Straws

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars create different angles and shapes by using different lengths of straws. In this geometry straws lesson plan, students glue straws onto paper and define what they have made.
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Shape Hunt

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore two-dimensional and solid shapes. For this shapes and patterns geometry lesson, students work with a partner to create identifiable objects using tangrams. Students describe the attributes of their shape and their...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Teaching Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify two- and three-dimensional figures and associate them with real-world objects.  In this geometry lesson, students are read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and complete several activities including a chart...
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2D and 3D Shapes

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this geometry worksheet, learners draw 6 different shapes as requested by 6 specific directives in the circles provided. Students draw 2D and 3D shapes.
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Shapes of Africa

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn the names of geometric shapes and about African cultures. For this geometry and culture lesson, 1st graders describe real world objects and learn to name them with geometric terms such as square, circle, and triangle....
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Geometry Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students hunt for hidden geometric shapes and compare the properties of various shapes. In this geometry activity, students play a game of finding squares, circles, rectangles, and ovals that have been hidden around the classroom....
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Shapes Sally Snake Can Make Story Book

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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 lesson, students develop their listening skills while the book is read to them, and then they manipulate...
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Literacy Activity: Mouse Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students listen to the book Mouse Shapes and identify the shapes in the book as it is being read. In this shapes lesson plan, 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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Jigsaw Puzzle

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this jigsaw puzzle worksheet, students trace the letters around each shape, color each shape and then cut out the 12 pieces of the puzzle. Students shuffle the pieces together and then put the jigsaw puzzle back together.
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Shapes

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Chinese shapes worksheet, students color in 16 different shapes, trace the 8 dotted lined shapes and pronounce each shape in Chinese.
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Color By the Shapes

For Students K - 1st
In this coloring shapes worksheet, students analyze a picture made up of different geometric shapes. Students color the picture according to the key that tells what color each shape should be.
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Pick Up the Pieces

For Students 3rd
In this shapes worksheet, 3rd graders look over 4 different shapes, draw lines to show how the shape on the left can be made from the smaller shapes on the right and then number the pieces.
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Whole Numbers, Math Signs and Shapes

For Students 4th - 6th
In this whole number worksheet, students complete a variety of activities including writing in the correct math sign in four math problems and writing as many numbers as they can from two sets of three-digit numbers. Students check their...
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Pattern Recognition

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this pattern recognition worksheet, students determine which shape comes next in nine strips of shapes and then draw that shape on the line provided.