Know Your Shapes!

Beginning:

• Draw examples of closed and open shapes on the board. Tell students to give you a thumbs-up if the shapes if closed, and thumbs-down if the shape is open.
• Instruct students to build a closed triangle with thier fingers by joining thumbs and index fingers while repeating after you, "closed shape". Have them seperate the index fingers and repeat after you, "open shape."

Intermediate:

• Draw examples of closed and open shapes on the board. Tell students to give you a thumbs-up if the shapes if closed, and thumbs-down if the shape is open.
• Instruct students to build a closed triangle with thier fingers by joining thumbs and index fingers while repeating after you, "closed shape". Have them seperate the index fingers and repeat after you, "open shape."

Beginning: Complete the worsheet with in a small group. Search the classroom for circle shapes such as the clock face. Do not make students write the word.

Intermediate:

• Provide the sentence frame, "A ____ is shaped like a circle." Tell students to share one item that they found which is shaped like a circle using the sentence frame.
• Tell the class to give the student a thumbs-up if they also found the same object.

Beginning: Tell students that rectangles and triangles both have corners. Have them create two straight lines with their arms, join thier fingers tips to create a corner while repeating, "Corner."

Intermediate:

• Instruct students to compare and contrast the shapes using the sentence frames:
  • A ____ has , but a ____ has .
  • A ____ and a ____ both have ____.