Learning Shapes 101

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The goal of this Mind Map is to give the students an understanding of what shapes are and what the differences are. Students will be able to identify shapes in every day life.

Shapes

Square

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A square has 4 equal sides

Circle

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A circle has 1 curved side.

Triangle

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A triangle has 3 equal sides.

Rectange

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A rectangle has 4 sides and the opposite sides are equal in length.

Oval

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A oval has one curved side and the diameter is different upon where you are measuring.

Diamond

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The diamond has 2 pairs of adjacent equal sides.

Star

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The star has 5 points.

Lessons

Shape Hunt

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Over the course of 2-3 days, students will be able to identify 2 and 3-D shapes and classify shapes.

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Geometric Shapes

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Students will learn how to identify the difference between 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes.  Students will learn through hands on experience.

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Shape Activities

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Education.com provides free printable resources for teachers to utilize. 

Shape Facts

Square

A 3D square is a Cube. A square 90 degree angles. A square is 2 dimensional

Circle

A circle is 360 degrees and has a consistent diameter and is 2 dimensional.

Trianlge

The sum of a triangle is 180 degrees and is 2 dimensional.

Rectangle

The angles of a rectangle are also 90 degrees and to find the area of a rectangles multiply length x width=area. A rectangle is also 2 dimensional.

Videos

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Additional Resources

Worksheets

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Shape Classification Activities

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This activity is great for the students to help identify shapes to real life objects.  Since the shapes are food, the students can see the dimensional shapes and be able to classify them.

Classroom Poster

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Incorporating informational pictures around the classroom, students will be able to refer to them, identify, and learn what they are and what is the difference between the shapes.

Games

Learning Shapes

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Students will be able to identify shapes and what real life objects also represent them.

Finding the differences between Shapes

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This interactive website helps the students identify the shapes, assorting by number of sides, congruent, similar, and 2 and 3-D shapes.