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This song about shapes by Flocabulary would be a good way to introduce or review shapes with students. It goes a bit more in depth than what first graders will learn, but it is still a fun song for students to learn about shapes with and sing along to.
Harrison, B. (2020). Basic Geometry. [Video] Flocabulary.
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/weve-got-some-shapes/

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Basic Geometry: Shapes - Math Shapes for Kids - Basic Geometry - Flocabulary

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Teach shapes and geometric terms with Flocabulary's educational rap song and lesson plan. Great for grades K-5.

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In this activity, students would be creating the shapes on the worksheet, with popsicle sticks. After they create each shape, they will count the number of sides and corners, and write them onto their worksheets.
Rosey. (2019, October 16). Constructing Shape Activities. Fairy Poppins Early Learning Resources.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/550846598176308955/

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Constructing Shapes Activities | Shape activities kindergarten, Shapes kindergarten, Shapes activities

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Oct 21, 2019 - These free shapes activities help kids construct 2D and 3D shapes with straight sides. Suitable for preschool, kindergarten, first grade and second grade.

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This activity is meant for Pi Day, but would be a great activity to use for teaching fractions as well. For this activity, you would need to buy a pizza  kit (enough pizza for the whole class), and a pizza cutter. The teacher would be in charge of placing all of the toppings onto the pizza, but while doing so could as students questions like "if I wanted to place pepperonis on half of this pizza, how would I do that?", and they could guide you. After the pizza is cooked, you could practice cutting the pizza into halves and fourths, and then students would be able to eat the pizza.
Fink, K. (2020, February 14). Celebrate Pi Day with this Awesome Pizza Math Activity. We Are Teachers.
https://www.weareteachers.com/pizza-math-activity/

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March 14th is Pi Day, but why not ditch the apple pies this year and celebrate with your students' favorite kind of pie ... pizza! Believe us when we say it will be much easier of an opportunity to teach fraction concepts ! For this pizza math activity, we're using Personal Pepperoni Pizza Kits from Little Caesars Fundraising, but you could also do it with construction paper.

What you'll need:
Note: This activity can be done individually, in pairs, or in small groups. Adjust your materials accordingly.

Two pizza crusts (or construction paper circles)

Pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, and toppings (or construction paper equivalents)

Pizza cutter* (or scissors)

* look for a kid-safe option

What you'll do:

Teacher tip: Start out with a fun, pizza-related read aloud to get students to make the connection between pizza and math. We suggest Peg + Cat: The Pizza Problem because it uses the language of "half" and "whole."

Allow students time to assemble all five of their pizzas with sauce, cheese, and toppings. While they're working, circulate, make observations, and ask questions. For example, "I see you've put cheese on half your pizza" or "How did you decide how many toppings to put on?"

If you're indeed making pizzas, you will then need to bake them.

Once the pizzas are ready, instruct students to cut one of them in half. Write 1/2 on the board and then explain that the bottom number ( denominator) represents the total number of slices and the top number ( numerator) represents a certain amount of those slices.

For their second pizza, ask the students to first think about cutting their other pizza in thirds. Some kids will try to make vertical cuts, so you'll need to get them thinking about what's fair (that should be easy with pizza!). Have them draw their ideas on the board and determine how to make the slices even (the wide "peace" sign). Reinforce the concept of fractions as equal parts, and then cut the pizza.

Have students compare the sizes of the different slices. Ask them which is greater: 1/2 or 1/3? Some students will insist that 1/3 is greater because 3 is greater than 2. Use the pizza slices to reinforce that the greater the denominator, the smaller the piece. (Invite them to think about 1/20 of a pizza. That's an awfully tiny piece if you have to share with 19 other people.) Write 1/2 > 1/3 on the board.

Take the pizza that is cut in half and have the students cut it in half again. Ask them what fraction they have now. Write 1/4 on the board.

Introduce the concept of equivalent fractions. Ask students how many of the smaller slices make up one bigger slice? Write 2/4 = 1/2 on the board.

Repeat steps 5 and 6 by having students cut the fourths into eighths. You could also cut the thirds in half to make sixths. Create more equivalent fractions and write the equations on the board.

To close your pizza math activity, allow your students time to explore with different fractions and equivalencies and talk with each other about their new understandings. Finally, if you used real pizza, well ... now's the time to eat it!

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Celebrate Pi Day with This Awesome Pizza Math Activity

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March 14th is Pi Day, but why not ditch the apple pies this year and celebrate with your students' favorite kind of pie ... pizza! Believe us when we say it will be much easier of an opportunity to teach fraction concepts !

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Students will create 3D shapes using these nets. This activity would probably work best as whole group instruction. The teacher would demonstrate how to create each net, then allow students to create theirs as the teacher walked around and assisted the students. The teacher would then go over each shape and review them.
Mcclintick, V. (2014, September 21). Printable Nets. Valerie Mcclintick.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/196821446200148979/

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Printable Geometry Nets (With images) | Teaching geometry, Math geometry, Homeschool math

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Mar 18, 2018 - These FREE printable geometry nets will make learning about shapes fun and easy!

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For this activity, students will be partitioning shapes. Students will get a spinner board and play dough. Students will spin the spinner on the board, and where ever it lands tells what shape the student will create with play dough and how they will partition the shape. This would be a great hands-on review activity for students.
Hudgeons, M. (2019, March 12). Fraction Activities and Games. Jumping Jax Designs.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/488499890833049270/

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Fraction activities, games, and read alouds for 1st and 2nd grade | Fraction activities, Fun fractions, 2nd grade math games

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Oct 6, 2019 - Are you looking for engaging fraction activities, games and read alouds for 1st and 2nd grade? This blog post shares 13 fraction activities and games to teach identifying fractions, comparing fractions, and partitioning shapes to create fractions.

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This anchor chart would be something useful to create with students. While creating this chart, you could ask students different questions about each shape and them write them onto the chart. After the anchor chart is completed, you could hang it in the classroom on a wall for students to refer back to.
Rennicke, C. (2017, July 18). 22 Awesome First Grade Anchor Charts That we Can't Wait to Use. We Are Teachers.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/179369997647237529/

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22 Awesome First Grade Anchor Charts That We Can't Wait to Use | Math charts, Math anchor charts, Shape anchor chart

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Nov 8, 2019 - First grade anchor charts are great tools for reminding kids about concepts in math, writing, spelling, science, and more! Check out these great ideas.

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This video would be a good tool to use to help teach fractions. It explains what the words "half" and "fourth" means, and also shows examples as well. Lastly, it has a "quiz" portion in the video, so while watching the teacher can pause the video and ask students to answer the questions.
[Boddle Learning]. (2020, May 11). Understanding Halves and Fourths- 1st Grade Math (1.GA.3). [Video]. Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFJLxia1kGE

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Understanding Halves and Fourths - 1st Grade Math (1.GA.3)

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rIn this activity, students would be given foam or plastic shapes and a worksheet, and would put different shapes together to create new ones. The worksheets would tell students which shapes to put together, but it would be up to them on how they put them together. This is a great hands-on activity.
Giraffe, M. (2016, April 22). Composing Shapes in First Grade. Blogspot.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/457959855840012802/

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Composing Shapes in 1st Grade | Shapes kindergarten, Kindergarten geometry, Math geometry

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Apr 26, 2016 - Composing Shapes is such a fun topic in first grade and kindergarten geometry! Learning how to compose 2D and 3D shapes is fun because, well...

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In this online game, students are given the task to sort out common 2D and 3D shapes. This would be a fun game to use in small groups, or math centers.
Education.com. (2020). 2D and 3D Shape Sort: Factory. Education.com, Inc.
https://www.education.com/game/2d-3d-shapes/

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2D and 3D Shapes Factory Game | Game | Education.com

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Kids sort 2D and 3D shapes in this engaging geometry game.

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This game/song would be fun to use after students have learned about shapes a good bit. In the video, a shape will pop up and students have a chance to tell what the name of the shape is, and then the man goes on to give the name of the shape. It could serve as a great review game.
Hartmann, J. [Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel]. (2018, July 31). Name the Shape Game. [Video]. Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svrkthG2950

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Name the Shape Game  | Shape Review Game | Jack Hartmann