Students meet the basic flat shapes — circle, square, triangle, and rectangle — learning their names and what makes each one special: how many sides and corners it has.
Students will be able to…
A ball is round, a window is square, a slice of pizza is a triangle. What are the shapes all around us called?
Project this and tap each shape. Have students count its sides and corners and find it in the room.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Look around — what shapes do you see?
Teacher models.
Class uses the Shape Explorer.
Students find shapes.
Name that shape.
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or size.
Describe objects using names of shapes and positions.
Analyze and compare shapes, describing their sides and corners.
Model shapes by building and drawing them.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students build a picture (a house, a truck) using circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles. A printable shape-building page is in the Math library.
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A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.