In this assessment task students will use clay to build three dimensional shapes and describe the defining attributes. An assessment task sheet and rubric are provided.

In this assessment students are asked to compare 2-D and 3-D shapes. Students will be given a rectangle and a cube. Students are asked whether the shapes are 2-D or 3-D and whether they are flat or solid. Students will use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the attributes of the shapes. An assessment sheet and rubric are provided.

In this lesson, students complete several activities that involve coordinates and graph paper given the following invitation to learn: "Suppose you are having a birthday party and a friend you have invited has asked you for directions from the school to your house. You tell them it is five blocks away. Is this enough information for them to find your house?"

This activity allows the user to plot points on the coordinate plane and to read the coordinates of a point plotted by the computer.

In this assessment task students are given a geoboard and rubberband and are asked to make a square, a triangle and a hexagon. Students can be assessed in a small group or whole class. A checklist and rubric are provided.

Students to explore various geometric solids and their properties in this student interactive, from Illuminations. Students can virtually manipulate and color each solid to investigate properties such as the number of faces, edges, and vertices. Students can explore tetrahedrons, cubes, octahedrons, dodecahedrons, icosahedrons, and irregular polyhedrons by toggling between solid and net to see different views of the selected shape.

In this lesson, students design a simple coordinate graph picture.and reflect, translate and rotate the picture according to specific directions. A resource can be found at: http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/812_01.pdf

In this assessment students will identify and describe shapes. Teachers will hand out the assessment task and point to figures from left to right. Students will identify the shapes they see in the picture. They will determine whether the shapes are 2-D flat or 3-D solid. Teachers will assess one on one. An I Spy Shape assessment task sheet recording sheet and rubric are provided.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of rectangles, squares, circles and triangles.

Lesson plan using a Cyberchase activity where students learn about two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. Students watch a video clip and then identify the shapes that they see in the clip. In Assessment A, students are asked to identify shapes. In Assessment B, they have the opportunity to create a three-dimensional shape from a cutout.

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca helps her friend make rock candy and discovers some interesting shapes. They also visit The Museum of and look at a variety of rocks and minerals, identifying and describing the many 2-D and 3-D shapes that are found in these specimens. Teaching tips are also provided that discuss frame, focus and follow-up suggestions for using this video in a math lesson.

This article describes a number of creative projects that incorporate art and literacy skills into a science unit on biomes and ecosystems.

In the assessment task students will identify and draw two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes by using descriptions. Students are told they are being detectives to solve mystery shapes. They will need to use the clues on their worksheets to identify the shapes and draw the shape as further evidence of knowing. An assessment task sheet and rubric are provided.

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.

Students create a Hierarchy Diagram using several terms related to two-dimensional figures. They are to cut out the diagram, place them in the appropriate section and list the properties specific to each quadrilateral.

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In this task, students identify the names of two and three-dimensional shapes regardless of orientation. This task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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Based on a series of teacher directions, students select stated shapes and place them in specified locations. Students must recognize the names of shapes and position words. This task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers. This file contains a set of 3 tasks (including scoring rubric and recording sheets).  The tasks may be used for instruction or assessment.The focus of standard G.1 is on recognizing/drawing 2D shapes and recognizing/describing 3D shapes.  Please remix this resource to help create additional tasks - especially for 3D shapes! 

In this lesson, students will graph translations (slides) and reflections (flips) on a coordinate plane. The lesson is introduced by having students move across the room to demonstrate translations and reflections.

In this activity, a student challenges a partner to recreate his quadrilateral or other shape on a geoboard by calling out the ordered pairs of the quadrilateral's vertices.