To introduce my students to 3-D shapes I like to use the you tube song These are the 3 D Shapes That I Know. This gives examples of shapes in their environment and begins to teach them the vocabulary words for these shapes. Then we work as a class to complete the sheet. I play a video for the specific shape we are on and we look at the pictures of things shaped like that. Then I call on three different students to pick an object we should draw on our own paper. This activity usuall takes two 25 minute sessions to complete. If you click on the document you will get a print out of the two sheets I use, one for each day. This is the video for the cube, once you play it you will see the links for all the other shapes.
During the week we also sort pictures of 2 and 3-D shapes, make shapes out of clay and popsicle sticks, and play a guessing bag game of 2 and 3-D shapes. I would love to hear how you teach shapes in your classroom.
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