Curriculum Guides

Grade Level: Second

Content Area: Geometry

Skills: Shapes

Instructional Practices: Choose from a group of solids (cube, cone, sphere, cylinder, rectangular solid) a solid similar to the one shown.

Materials Needed: Examples of the different solid shapes and a picture that student would use to do activity.

Technology:

IBM

Linkway

Pattern Blocks

Patterns and Blocks

Reflections on Patterns

Activity:

Using a large picture of a circus have the students point out as many objects in the picture as possible hat have the same shape as a cone, cube, sphere, cylinder or rectangular solid.

Theme Ideas:

This activity could be used for any picture/theme where the students can be involved in recognizing the different shapes.