Are your first, second, or third grade students learning about 2D & 3D shapes? Teaching geometry can be a lot of fun! Students often enjoy classifying and sorting shapes into different categories or exploring 3D solids with their hands!
Here are a few activities you can incorporate into your geometry lessons!
Hands-On 2D & 3D Shapes Activities
Sort the Shapes
If you have a set of tangram or attribute blocks, students can practice sorting them into groups based on their characteristics or properties.
Discuss geometric properties (number of sides, vertices, etc.) and attributes (color, size).
Make 3D Objects
Students can make 3D shapes from nets (printed on paper) or use unfolded cereal or tea boxes! This allows them to see the number and shape of the faces.
You can also have them use pipe cleaners and stick tack or any other materials you have on hand.
Go On a Shape Scavenger Hunt
Take a walk with your class around the school or outdoors and see how many different shapes you can find! The team that finds the most shapes wins!
Play Geometry Games
As a class you can play an "I Have Who Has" game to review the shapes. Or you can us task cards and play a game of scoot. Students have to scoot around the room solving problems!
Geometry Resources
If you are looking for some resources to help you teach shapes, you may want to take a look at these:
