This triangle cut outs activity has children sort 12 shape cards and cut out big triangles. Made for Preschool to 2nd Grade, with an answer key included for quick checking.
Children sort shape cards into flat shapes and solid figures in this 2d 3d flat shapes solid figures activity for kindergarten to 2nd grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
This making new shapes activity helps K to 2nd grade students build and name composite shapes with cut-out pieces and self-check cards, answer key included.
This making shapes from shapes activity helps K through 2nd grade students build bigger shapes from triangles, rhombuses, trapezoids and squares. Answer key included.
This defining shapes category activity has K-1st grade students sort shape cards onto shape mats by their defining attributes, with a practice page and answer key included to build strong shape sense.
This matching shapes activity is a partner clue game for 1st and 2nd grade: hear clues about sides, corners and faces, name the shape, and race to FINISH. Answer key included.
This name that shape sorting activity lets PreK to 1st Grade students sort 25 colorful shape cards under five shape names, with a practice page. Answer key included.
This pizza for all equal parts fractions activity has 1st and 2nd grade students cut pizzas into halves, thirds, and fourths to win reward cards. Answer key included.
UsingDominoes Same Different Shapes Activity, students match dominoes by finding two shapes that are the same.
This making equal parts fractions activity has 1st to 2nd Grade children sort shapes into halves, fourths and not equal parts, then fold and cut. Answer key included for easy checking.
Using this Sharing Chocolate Rows and Columns Activity, students partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.
This comparing shapes sorting activity has kindergarten and 1st grade children sort 12 object picture cards by the solid shape they look like. Answer key included for easy checking.
This plane shapes and solid figures activity has 1st-2nd grade students count vertices, sides and edges on self-checking marshmallow model cards. A recording log and practice page, with an answer key included.
Children sort shape picture cards under one half, one third, one fourth, one sixth, one eighth or not equal in this 1st to 3rd grade fraction game. Recording sheet, practice page and answer key included.
This building objects with shapes activity has Kindergarten to 2nd Grade children build six flat shapes with crayons, then count sides and corners on a recording sheet. Answer key included.
This 1.G.1 Common Core activity has 1st-2nd grade students sort colorful shape cards into houses by their number of sides, with a practice page and answer key included.
Using thisCandy Land Shapes Activity, studentsplay Candy Land to practice identifying the shapes circle, square, triangle and rectangle.
Circles, squares and shape surprises!
First graders learn what really makes a shape a shape. A triangle is a triangle because it has 3 sides and 3 corners, not because it's blue or big. They put shapes together to build new ones, like two triangles making a square, and they meet solid shapes like cubes, cones and cylinders. They also cut circles and rectangles into equal halves and fourths. The click comes when a 1st grader builds a house out of shapes and names every piece!
First graders learn shapes by touching, building and singing. Here's what works for us.
Hand out paper shapes and say, "Can you make a rectangle with two squares?" Kids slide and flip pieces until it works, then glue them down. Building composite shapes shows them shapes can hide inside other shapes.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withMaking Composite Shapes WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Start shape time with a short shape song and have kids trace a circle in the air with their finger. Singing the same song a few days in a row locks in the name and what makes it round.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withCircle SongSongsOpen it →Mix a pile of shapes in different colors and sizes. Kids sort them by number of sides as fast as they can. Ask "Why is the tiny red one in the triangle pile?" to check they're sorting by sides, not color.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withClassifying Shapes WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Shapes plus play equals giggles. Try these.
ActivitiesCut a paper pizza into equal halves and fourths so everyone gets a fair slice. Fractions never tasted so good!
Open Pizza For All Equal Parts Fractions Activity →
ActivitiesFlip cards and match each shape to its twin. A perfect quick center.
Open Matching Shapes Activity →
WorksheetsKids create a picture using only shapes, then count how many circles, squares and triangles they used.
Open Shape Art Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Triangle Cut Outs, 2D 3D Flat Shapes Solid Figures Activity and Making New Shapes Activity.
First graders should know circles, squares, rectangles, triangles and trapezoids, plus solid shapes like cubes, cones, cylinders and spheres. They should also tell which features make each shape what it is.
A composite shape is a new shape made by putting smaller shapes together. Two triangles can make a square, and a square plus a triangle can make a house.
Use snacks! Crackers, cheese slices and sandwiches come in lots of shapes. Have your child name each one, count its sides, and cut it into halves.
Yes. First graders split circles and rectangles into two or four equal parts. They learn that more pieces means smaller pieces.
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