In this game activity students practice comparing shapes and naming something that is alike or different about them.

The students will identify and compare attributes of two-dimensional and three- dimensional shapes in the world around them.

This was created to introduce my adult students to the accessibility of Geometry and Measurement in the world around them. It can serve as a 1-day activity, or be split into several days. It was followed by a series of more in-depth lessons on shapes, angles, perimeter, area, and volume. Introducing each activity and stopping to discuss after each activity is necessary to helping students process the new information, encourage their latent knowledge, and reassure their uncertainties. Pair or group work is helpful, not only in encouraging weaker students to participate, but in creating greater group cohesion for more effective learning in the new unit.

Tools used: rulers, yard sticks, meter sticks, measuring tape, string w/2 pencils to create circles; styrofoam meat trays, cardboard and scissors to create 2-d shapes; calculators

Module 2 explores two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.  Students learn about flat and solid shapes independently as well as how they are related to each other and to shapes in their environment.  Students begin to use position words when referring to and moving shapes.  Students learn to use their words to distinguish between examples and non-examples of flat and solid shapes.

Find the rest of the EngageNY Mathematics resources at https://archive.org/details/engageny-mathematics.

Explore the Mathematics Student Choice Boards for PreK – 1st grade created by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

This resource was created by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

(Nota: Esta es una traducción de un recurso educativo abierto creado por el Departamento de Educación del Estado de Nueva York (NYSED) como parte del proyecto "EngageNY" en 2013. Aunque el recurso real fue traducido por personas, la siguiente descripción se tradujo del inglés original usando Google Translate para ayudar a los usuarios potenciales a decidir si se adapta a sus necesidades y puede contener errores gramaticales o lingüísticos. La descripción original en inglés también se proporciona a continuación.)

El módulo 2 explora formas bidimensionales y tridimensionales. Los estudiantes aprenden sobre formas planas y sólidas de forma independiente, así como cómo están relacionadas entre sí y con formas en su entorno. Los estudiantes comienzan a usar palabras de posición cuando se refieren y se mueven formas. Los estudiantes aprenden a usar sus palabras para distinguir entre ejemplos y no exámenes de formas planas y sólidas.

Encuentre el resto de los recursos matemáticos de Engageny en https://archive.org/details/engageny-mathematics.

English Description:
Module 2 explores two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.  Students learn about flat and solid shapes independently as well as how they are related to each other and to shapes in their environment.  Students begin to use position words when referring to and moving shapes.  Students learn to use their words to distinguish between examples and non-examples of flat and solid shapes.

Find the rest of the EngageNY Mathematics resources at https://archive.org/details/engageny-mathematics.

The intent of clarifying statements is to provide additional guidance for educators to communicate the intent of the standard to support the future development of curricular resources and assessments aligned to the 2021 math standards.  Clarifying statements can be in the form of succinct sentences or paragraphs that attend to one of four types of clarifications: (1) Student Experiences; (2) Examples; (3) Boundaries; and (4) Connection to Math Practices.

This lesson has four different activities where students practice identifying the characteristics of two-dimensional shapes by using pattern blocks.  These practice activities should be used to supplement a mathematics curriculum, not be the lessons alone to teach shape identification. They can also be used as a math intervention, center time, or sent home. Attached to the lesson is a print out of paper pattern blocks if actual blocks are not available. Also attached is an activity page for counting and identifying shapes.