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Know Your Shapes!
Know Your Shapes!
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Know Your Shapes!
First Grade
Geometry
In this lesson, your students will become familiar with shapes by identifying them in real life. Your students will love identifying how many sides shapes have by drawing and counting them!
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Know Your Shapes!
Know Your Shapes!
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Know Your Shapes!
In this lesson, your students will become familiar with shapes by identifying them in real life. Your students will love identifying how many sides shapes have by drawing and counting them!
First Grade
Geometry
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Shape Sort
Shape Sort
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Shape Sort
First Grade
Geometry
Sorting takes on a new challenge for students in this activity which engages their critical thinking skills. As students determine defining attributes, they’ll figure out what makes a shape a shape!
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Shape Sort
Shape Sort
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Shape Sort
Sorting takes on a new challenge for students in this activity which engages their critical thinking skills. As students determine defining attributes, they’ll figure out what makes a shape a shape!
First Grade
Geometry
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Trapezoids Are Special
Trapezoids Are Special
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Trapezoids Are Special
First Grade
Geometry
Students will explore geometric shapes by creating a painting of a trapezoid.
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Trapezoids Are Special
Trapezoids Are Special
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Trapezoids Are Special
Students will explore geometric shapes by creating a painting of a trapezoid.
First Grade
Geometry
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Graph My Design
Graph My Design
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Graph My Design
First Grade
Geometry
Geometry meets data in this fun lesson! Students will build a design using pattern blocks and then graph the number of each shape used. This scaffolded EL lesson can be used alone or alongside Graphing Colored Counters.
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Graph My Design
Graph My Design
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Graph My Design
Geometry meets data in this fun lesson! Students will build a design using pattern blocks and then graph the number of each shape used. This scaffolded EL lesson can be used alone or alongside Graphing Colored Counters.
First Grade
Geometry
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Dividing Clay Shapes
Dividing Clay Shapes
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Dividing Clay Shapes
First Grade
Fractions
Students will use their hands to mold clay into shapes, then divide those shapes into equal and unequal quarters.
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Dividing Clay Shapes
Dividing Clay Shapes
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Dividing Clay Shapes
Students will use their hands to mold clay into shapes, then divide those shapes into equal and unequal quarters.
First Grade
Fractions
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Geometry Puzzles
Geometry Puzzles
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Geometry Puzzles
First Grade
Geometry
Your students will solve and create shape riddles while practicing their knowledge of shape attributes.
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Geometry Puzzles
Geometry Puzzles
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Geometry Puzzles
Your students will solve and create shape riddles while practicing their knowledge of shape attributes.
First Grade
Geometry
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Composing Shapes
Composing Shapes
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Composing Shapes
First Grade
Geometry
Students will love composing and decomposing two-dimensional shapes using tangram puzzle pieces. Use this plan alone or to frontload key vocabulary and concepts taught in the lesson plan Know Your Shapes.
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Composing Shapes
Composing Shapes
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Composing Shapes
Students will love composing and decomposing two-dimensional shapes using tangram puzzle pieces. Use this plan alone or to frontload key vocabulary and concepts taught in the lesson plan Know Your Shapes.
First Grade
Geometry
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About 1st Grade Two-dimensional Shapes Lesson Plans

On Education.com, 1st grade two-dimensional shapes lesson plans introduce young learners to primary shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles. These plans often include hands-on activities like building with shapes, shape sorting exercises, and drawing shape pictures to strengthen recognition and classification. Educators and parents can access resources that reinforce shape attributes, improve spatial reasoning, and make learning engaging.

This site offers printable worksheets, shape matching games, pattern block activities, and digital simulations that enable practice and exploration. These resources support standards in geometry and help students develop visual literacy while encouraging creativity through art projects. Materials are structured to provide guided instruction or independent practice, making it easy to integrate shape lessons into daily learning routines.

Using these lesson plans and activities, educators and parents can save time creating engaging lessons that build foundational math skills. Materials are adaptable for classroom or home use, making shape recognition accessible and enjoyable for all students. Each resource provides opportunities for observation, comparison, and application, reinforcing core geometric concepts in meaningful ways.