In this assessment task students will identify and name a shape. The teacher will set up a Triangle Circle Cube Square Cone Rectangle Sphere and Hexagon going from left to right. Students are asked to name the shape and to tell whether it is a 2-D/flat or 3-D/solid shape.

The NC Office of Early Learning strongly encourages incorporating play into the daily routine of each classroom.
Children grow and learn in all developmental domains through their engagement in centers; cognitive, physical, social, and emotional. Authentic learning and meaningful connections are made when a teacher intentionally weaves standards and supports development throughout children’s play. PlaytoLearn Center Posters provide information about common areas of development supported during play centers along with prompts connected to kindergarten standards and NC ELI dimensions.

PlaytoLearn Planning Guides (also shared on #GoOpenNC) provide information on why each center is important to children's development, tips for setting up centers, sugessted materials, actions of an intentional teacher, and common connections children make to content. Although these resources are specifically written for kindergarten, teaching and learning strategies can be applied to many grade levels.

The NC Office of Early Learning strongly encourages incorporating play into the daily routine of each classroom.
Children grow and learn in all developmental domains through their engagement in centers; cognitive, physical, social, and emotional. Authentic learning and meaningful connections are made when a teacher intentionally weaves standards and supports development throughout children’s play. PlaytoLearn Planning Guides provide information on why each center is important to children's development, tips for setting up centers, sugessted materials, actions of an intentional teacher, and common connections children make to content. Prompts connected to kindergarten standards and NC ELI dimensions can be found on PlaytoLearn Center Posters which are also shared on #GoOpenNC. Although these resources are specifically written for kindergarten, teaching and learning strategies can be applied to many grade levels.

This puzzle activity will help students identify and create simple geometric shapes. It will also improve "positional words" such as left, right, top and bottom.

This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for Kindergarten Math.

Students on a hunt for shapes. Students help the mermaid find her jewels shaped like a sphere, cube, and cylinder. Students will enjoy this fun activity.

In this scavenger hunt games students are given the task of finding and identifying real-world shapes in their environment.

In this "word search" style puzzle students practice identifying sequences of shapes.

In this lesson, students identify three shapes: circle, square, and triangle. They will bend a pipe cleaner into a shape of their choice and group it with similarly shaped pipe cleaners their classmates have made. They will also be able to identify the colors of their pipe cleaner and group them with similarly colored pipe cleaners.

For this activity, students listen to the story, The Shape of Things and choose a shape from which to make a picture. Students add details to their picture and write about it.

Students will learn about 2D and 3D shapes.  They will use various materials to build shapes, find shapes in stories and at school, and build pictures with shapes.

In this assessment task students are asked to place shapes at a point on their workmat. They are asked to use their positional words to tell where the two dimensional flat shape or the three dimensional solid shape is located. A workmat, checklist and rubric are provided

After 2D and 3D shapes have been introduced, children will go outside with a parent or teacher. They will each be given a picture of a 2D shape. They will find a 3D shape outside to match their shape. They will record their shape in their math journal. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This lesson is for grades PreK-K on math. At Home Learning Lessons are a partnership between the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, PBS North Carolina, and the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Each lesson contains a video instructional lesson, a PDF lesson plan with a transcript, and a PDF file of extension activities.

Learn how to use PicCollage to create shapes. Add images, snap pictures, doodle, stickers, and safe image searches all inside prebuilt grids

Students can sketch a shape or challenge termites in building a tower. This interactive reinforces students' ability to identify shapes.

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After reading the story, The Silly Story of Goldilocks and the Three Squares, students identify and describe shapes in a variety of orientations.

Remix this lesson to your your extension ideas!

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This file contains directions and materials for ALL Tools4NCTeachers Math Games.

Math games are fun, motivating, and provide opportunities for students to build number concepts, reasoning, and fluency. These games may be used as math stations or as whole group learning opportunities.

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This list contains links to parent videos, student videos, games, books, and activities aligned to Kindergarten, Cluster 3.