SHAPE

  • round
  • square
  • triangle
  • bottom
  • top
  • angle
  • rectangle
  • octagon
  • pentagon
  • hectagon
  • cube
  • sphere
  • cylinder
  • cone
  • trapezoid
  • corner
  • line
  • horizontal
  • vertical
  • diagonal
  • area
  • perimeter
  • diameter
  • number
  • sides
  • flat
  • sharp
  • pointed
  • dividing
  • small
  • big
  • symmetry
  • pi

  • radius
  • edge
  • measurement
  • obelisk
  • monolith
  • apex
  • zenith
  • star
  • constellations
  • structure
  • oval
  • pyramid
  • diamond
  • one dimensional
  • two dimensional
  • blocks
  • solar system
  • circle

Activities for Primary Grades

1. Thinking & Observation

Identify objects in the environment that are: circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, pentagons (Can be modified for various grade levels by adding or removing shapes)

Come to school tommorow having identified shapes around you

Discuss with classmates about the objects identified & which shapes they are. Make representations of objects (i.e. draw)

2. Classification & Correspondence

Place representations of objects in buckets with corresponding shape (i.e. square bucket, triangle bucket)

3. Seriation

Activity can be modified to include ordering of shapes by size, dimension, etc.

 

Shapes ~ More Activities