Geoboard Shapes
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Suggested Grades
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K-2
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Objective
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Students will practice their knowledge of 2-Dimensional shape names and
characteristics.
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Materials
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Method
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- With their own geoboards and elastics,
students first play and see what 2-D shapes they can construct.
- After about five minutes of this, ask
students to clear their board and wait for instructions on what shape
to construct.
- Teacher calls out a shape name.
- Students construct the shape on the
geoboard.
- Have students clear board and repeat.
- Once students have the hang of this, move
on to describing shapes that they are to construct (ie. "this
shape has three sides and three corners").
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2-D Shape Collage
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Suggested Grades
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K-2
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Objective
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Students will identify and sort 2-Dimensional shapes that they find in
images in magazines.
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Materials
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- magazines
- scissors
- glue
- large piece of paper with sections drawn
for organizing images of various shapes.
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Method
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- Leaf through a magazine, cutting out
images that have 2-D shapes in them (ie. stove=square,
fridge=rectange, roof=triangle, etc.)
- After cutting out each shape, ask students
what the name of the shape is. Get a student to place the shape in the
appropriate section on the large piece of paper.
- Repeat until students comprehend.
- Students work on activity on their own,
following demonstration.
- After sorting has been completed and
checked by teacher, students can either glue all the shapes as
organized, OR glue the shapes to create a collage or picture.
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Geometric Houses
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Suggested Grades
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K-3
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Objective
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The students will identify the parts and functions of a house by
creating a house made of geometric shapes.
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Materials
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- The book, Houses and Homes by Ann
Morris
- Flannel Board
- Felt Geometric Shapes
- Felt Board
- Construction Paper
- Geometric Paper Shapes
- Glue
- Scissors
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Method
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- Discuss the text of the book, shapes of
the house (What shapes do you see?). Structural parts and functions
(What part do you see on the house? What does each part do? How does
it help?)
For example:
- Top of a
house are roofs for protection from the weather.
- Opening on
the sides of houses are windows for light.
- Entry opening
doorways and doors are to enter or exit.
- Walkways and
steps are to get to the house.
- Outdoor
extensions are porches, baclconies, terraces for family use.
- Surrounding
walls, fences, and gates are to protect the house.
- Use a flannel board and geometrical shapes
to recreate some of the houses in the book, Houses and Homes
- Create a picture of a house using
geometric paper shapes.
- Afterwards, asks students to write or tell
about which shapes were used to create their house. You may want to
get them to label the shapes on their house as well.
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Symmetrical Paint Blottings
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Suggested Grades
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K-2
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Objective
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Students will examine the concept of a half as part of a whole, as well
as examining symmetry.
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Materials
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- sheet of paper folded in half
- paint and paintbrushes
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Method
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Demonstration:
- Fold a piece of paper in half.
- Quickly paint a design on one half of the
paper, using ample paint and ensuring the design is painted snug with
the fold line.
- Before paint dries, fold blank half of
paper over painted half. Smooth over so that image is created on other
half of paper.
- Open folded paper and allow to dry.
- Students repeat this process.
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