3d shapes anchor chart

First grade 3D shape anchor chart

I made this chart with my class when we were studying 3D shapes. All of the kids cut and taped together their own shapes. Then we held them up and counted the faces, edges, and

Lesson plans, activities and ideas for kindergarten classrooms, including math problem-solving, reading workshop, writer's workshop, inquiry-based science journals, literacy centers and more!

Shapes are everywhere and we have just about worn them out. Over the past couple of years I've noticed a gaping whole in my 2D and 3D shape resources. I've needed some hands-on centers for our work with shapes. For whatever reason, I didn't have time to put anything together, until a few months ago. I started working on 2D and 3D shapes centers for my young learners. I wanted to be prepared when our geometry unit rolled around again. Here's a peek at some of the centers we enjoyed this…

This would be great to put in a math notebook... Except a cone totally has a vertice.

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

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…