2d shape anchor chart kindergarten

Anyone teaching with the new Common Core Standards needs to check out this blog Kindergarten Kindergarten. I tried to use some of her probl...

We are about finished with our shape study (introduction/review). Most of my kiddos come in knowing their colors and shapes, but it’s fun to do a bit of a review, just to be certain. One of my awesome Kindergarten colleagues uses the Roger Hargreaves books to review shapes. She even has the most AMAZING puppets that another colleague made for her. I wish I had a picture, but you have to trust me that they are adorable. They are on my summer to-do list! So each week, we read one of the Roger…

Here’s an update on this year:1) I am still in 1st grade, but with an entirely new team. It has been a little weird and overwhelming at times, but it’s getting better. Two of my teamm…

1.6A Audience: First Grade. Behavior: Classify 2-dimensional shapes using informal geometric language. Condition: Ancho Chart. I would introduce some familiar 2D shapes and ask the students to identify how many sides and vertices using an anchor chart.

2D Shape Attribute Anchor Chart

Geometry anchor chart sorting 2D and 3D shapes and naming them

Looking for some strategies you can use when teaching 2D shapes in kindergarten? In this post, I break down some of my favorite ways to teaching 2D shapes including resources and 2D shape anchor chart ideas.

*If you want to see what I did for 2D Shapes in 2015 click here!* Week 3 and 4 was all about 2D shapes in math! I like starting with 2D shapes because it is

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