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Geometry

TSW:

2.G.1 Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, hexagons, and cubes.

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1431 Assembly St, Columbia, SC 29201
It important to expose students to as many resources as possible. Planning a trip to the public library is an important resource in the community. This will give the students the opportunity to talk to the librarians and the workers about other resources that can be used to learn shapes that are provided through the library.

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The school/Classroom
(Ex: Columbia College 1301 Columbia College Dr. 29203 Columbia, SC)

It is important to make activities as engaging and interactive as possible. Therefore, having students walk around the school campus and spot out the shapes they’ve learned gives students a real life connection to the lesson. Also, allows the students to pay attention to their surroundings and the many different shapes they come across daily.

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I Spy Shapes
I Spy Shapes. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.storyplace.org/activity/i-spy-shapes
This activity includes students searching for the assigned shapes as well as involves students counting as well.

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Pre School Activity Library " I Spy Shapes

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Rice, D. (2010). Do you see a shape? lap book: Shapes. Place of publication not identified: Teacher Created Materials.
This eBook provides an engaging story for young readers. The book allows students to share what they learned from the book.

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Fun Times Shape Rug
Having a rug in the classroom of this nature provides a everyday reminder and visual of the shapes and then some.
https://www.hayneedle.com/product/funtimeshapesrug.cfm

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Marshmallow Geometry

Lynch, N., & LynchNoirin, N. (2016, October 28). Marshmallow Geometry. Retrieved from https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/learning-shapes-marshmallow-geometry/#_a5y_p=1933617

This is a fun interactive way to teach students hands on about the different shapes. This allows students to use pretzels and marshmallows to create specific shapes. Students are also taught the number of sides each shape has.

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Activity for ages 4 to 6.

Marshmallow geometry is a fun way to teach the names and characteristics of 2D shapesincluding triangles, rectangles and squares. Kids love having the chance to build 2D shapes with food and grown ups love watching children practice important math skills. It's a win-win! For a printable version of this activity, hop over and grab our popular toothpick challenge cards!

Getting Ready

To prep, I gathered together a few simple supplies:

Pretzel sticks {toothpicks are easier to build with so grab them if you have some on hand}

Mini marshmallows

Card stock {or construction paper}

Marker

I quickly drew four 2D shapes on a sheet of card stock and labeled each one {equilateral triangle, isosceles triangle, square and rectangle}.

Since my daughter's knowledge of geometry at this point consists of basic shape names, I wanted to help her look more closely at shapes to notice how they are built; how many sides and vertices they have, whether they have parallel lines or perpendicular ones, and how long their sides are. That's why I decided to start with the simplest 2D shapes she could build: the triangle, square, and rectangle. I labeled each one with its name then left a spaces for A to write out how many sides and vertices each one had. Then I called a very eager A over the play.

Marshmallow Geometry

"Can you tell me the name of these shapes?" I asked as I pointed to each one.

"Triangle, triangle, square, rectangle," A easily replied.

"Yes! And can you point to and count the sides of this triangle?" I asked pointing to the first triangle. My daughter quickly counted three. Next, I explained that the spot where 2 sides meet to make a corner is called a vertex. I showed her how to label the vertices with a red dot and helped her label the vertices on the rest of the shapes.

"Ok, here is a bowl of vertices," I explained, handing her the bowl of marshmallows. "And here is a bowl of sides," I continued, passing her the pretzels. I demonstrated how she could build the shapes using the marshmallows and pretzels.

A couldn't wait to start building and even though the pretzels were a little tricky to manipulate, she kept at it. I had toothpicks on hand just in case the thicker pretzels were too troublesome, but A didn't want to swap them.

"Can I eat it now?" she asked as soon as she finished building her first triangle. She was pretty disappointed when I said, "no". I placed the triangle on top of the one I'd drawn with marker and asked her to count the sides and vertices again. Then she wrote the totals on the blank lines.

We moved on to the next shape. "Another triangle?!" A said confused.

"Look closely at the two triangles. Are they the same or different?" I asked.

When A replied they were the same I had her use a pretzel to measure each of the sides. She noticed the second triangle had longer sides but the top triangle had sides that were the same.

"Yes, this one has equal sides and is called an equilateral triangle," I explained. "The other has two sides that are the same and one shorter side. That one is called an isosceles triangle."

These were new terms for A and I was not expecting her to memorize them - I just wanted her to notice that not all triangles are the same.

"How should we build the isosceles triangle if it has 2 long sides and 1 short one?" I asked A. She thought for a moment, then bit off a piece of pretzel and proceeded to build the isosceles triangle.

We continued counting sides and vertices and building more 2D shapes. When we got to the square and rectangle we talked again about side lengths.

"What is the difference between a square and a rectangle?" I asked A.

"A rectangle is bigger than a square," A said after a moment of thinking.

I grabbed a piece of chalk and drew a square house with a rectangle door on it and a rectangle skyscraper with small square windows. I asked her in each picture which was bigger - the square or the rectangle? After realizing her mistake, A again used a pretzel stick to measure the sides of the square and rectangle.

"The rectangle is LONGER!" A shouted when she discovered the difference. I gave her a high five and she was thrilled she came up with this discovery on her own. While building the rectangle A made it lean to one side. She laughed at the wonky rectangle.

"That is actually a different shape called a parallelogram." I said. Maybe it was the sugar from the broken marshmallows she had been eating, but she thought that was the funniest word she'd ever heard. Eventually after the giggles died down, I explained that a parallelogram had two sets of parallel lines. Then I explained what parallel and perpendicular lines are.

"Can you point to the perpendicular lines in this square?" I asked, reminding her that perpendicular meant crossing by making my fingers into a cross. Then she pointed to and counted the pairs of parallel lines.

When we had finished talking about the four 2D shapes, I let A build whatever shapes and structures she wanted with the left over materials. Later that day, I had A set the dinner table asking her to place the fork and knives parallel to each other for the kids and perpendicular for the adults. I'm pleased to report that she's got the new terms down!

Grab the 2D Shape Activity Pack

For print and play ways to learn shapes, hop over and grab our Shape Activity Pack! Clip shape sandwiches, color by shape, make interactive flap books and so. much. more.

About Noirin Lynch

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Marshmallow Geometry - Playdough To Plato

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Activity for ages 4 to 6. Marshmallow geometry is a fun way to teach the names and characteristics of 2D shapes including triangles, rectangles and squares. Kids love having the chance to build 2D shapes with food and grown ups love watching children practice important math skills. It's a win-win!

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3D Shapes - Build the Shape, Read the Shape

Keegan, L. (n.d.). 3D Shapes - Build the Shape, Read the Shape! Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/3D-Shapes-Build-the-Shape-Read-the-Shape-942515

This activity allows students to cut, fold and glue/tape shapes to create 3D shapes. The students are able to engage with the shapes they’ve created. This activity provides the number of sides, vertices and edges. Students are also able to fill-in-the blanks with the number of vertices, sides and edges

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3D Shapes - Build the Shape, Read the Shape!

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3D Shapes have never been so much fun! Students cut, fold and tape/paste the shape nets to create 3D shapes that they can engage with! On the sides of the shapes are examples of the 3D shape, the number of sides, vertices and edges as well as other information.

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2D Shapes Bingo Game- 2D Shapes Bingo Game.

(n.d.). Retrieved from ·         2D Shapes Bingo Game- 2D Shapes Bingo Game.

(n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2D-Shapes-Bingo-Game-194782

This math geometry game helps students learn 12 different shapes. This allows students to learn shapes in an interactive and fun way while competing with each other to win the game

This math geometry game helps students learn 12 different shapes. This allows students to learn shapes in an interactive and fun way while competing with each other to win the game

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This Math Geometry Game helps children learn 12 different shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon). ~ Included are: 10 Bingo Cards (prints 2 per page) {Updated from 6 to 10 cards - June 2015} 12 Shape Calling Cards (prints 6 per

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Shape Helper Updated.pdf. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B00-mQVGz6uqT2xLczY2ZHVnUlE/edit

Meet the Shapes Poster: Images can be an effective way of presenting abstract concepts. This particular image allows students to see images of shape in a fun and colorful way

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Classroom Freebies Too is more freebies for more teachers!

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https://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/support-files/my-shape-riddle.pdf

Riddles and creating your own riddles allows for students to use a lot of thinking and knowledge to solve the problem. This can be used to get students to use prior knowledge and memory to solve for the answer. Students are also able to use their prior knowledge and current knowledge to create their own riddle for their classmates to solve.

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HeidiSongs. (2013, October 04). Retrieved November 25, 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3L9P2w8DjI

This song provides fun and colorful animations to engage students in learning. The song helps students be able to identify a hexagon as well as know the number of sides for the shape.

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The Hexagon Song | Sing & Spell Shapes | Learning Songs for Kids | Preschool & Kindergarten

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lake-hope-learning-shapes/id441149458?mt=8

This app allows for students to be interactive while learning each shape. This app gives students the opportunity to identify each shape by its written word and also by hearing the shape pronunciation

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‎How can you make sure that your kids know all their shapes? Come visit Mika at Lake Hope to learn and practice together! Practicing to identify each shape by its written word and by hearing the shape pronounced helps young learners become confident in their knowledge and quickly point out shapes in...

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http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems82.html

This can be used to support learning by providing students with a rhyme or jingle to remember a specific topic. This could also be a learning activity, by having students create their own rhyme or jingle.

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CanTeach contains online resources for educators, including lesson plans, links, discussion lists, and more!

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Burns, M., & Silveria, G. (1994). The greedy triangle. New York: Scholastic.

While the images aren’t truly appealing, the lesson is very interesting and engaging. The book breaks down each shape starting with a triangle then provides students with learning about a quadrilateral, pentagon, and a hexagon.

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Brain Pop Jr.
This educational app allows students to be interactive as well as provides activities for students who may have mastered the shapes. Gives students the opportunity to play games, take a quiz, and a variety of different activities that relate to learning shapes.
https://jr.brainpop.com/math/geometry/

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The Geometry unit has educational movies for K-3 students about topics like basic plane shapes.

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Recognizing shapes- Khan Academy

(n.d.). Retrieved November 25, 2018, from https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/basic-geometry-shapes/basic-geo-properties-shapes/v/recognizing-shapes

While this video may be a little advance, it introduces the prefixes of each shape and why the prefixes are important when learning about shapes.

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Hoban, T. (2015, November 13). Download Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. Retrieved from https://ifarus.com/shapes-shapes-shapes-tana-hoban

This book provides real life images of objects students see in their everyday life. It allows students to make connections with objects around the classroom and outside of the classroom.

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Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban in CHM, EPUB, TXT download e-book.

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Murray, D., & Collier, B. (2016). City shapes. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
This book is told through the life of a student who is exploring her neighborhood. It is important to connect lessons to the everyday life of students. This allows students to continue learning outside of the classroom.

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MacDonald, S. (2009). Shape By Shape/24 Die-Cut Pages. Place of publication not identified: Little Simon.
The book is short but it introduces shapes and can be used for any child struggling with learning their shapes or even help students practice their shapes. This book is contains die-cuts that would help engage the students.

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Learning Shapes 2nd Grade - Kids Learn Shapes in this Fun Math Video

Math & Learning Videos 4 Kids. (2014, December 17). Learning Shapes 2nd Grade - Kids Learn Shapes in this Fun Math Video. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgWKM-e9fWQ

This interactive video allows students engage in their own learning. The video provides a lot of colors and graphics. This video could be used to engage students in learning the shapes based off the state required standard.

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Learning Shapes 2nd Grade - Kids Learn Shapes in this Fun Math Video