Teaching Shapes: Back-To-School Tip #25

The Shaplies Have Arrived:

A Fun Way To Teach Shapes That Will Excite Your Students!

back to school ideas, teaching shapes, shape art project, shape booklet, circles, triangles, rectangles, squares, ovals, hearts, Teaching shapes by making them look like “happy faces” makes learning about this flat math concept a lot more fun.

That’s why I designed “Shaplies”. Make a set for your room for an instant dangling decoration to hang from your ceiling for a great review each day!

back to school ideas, shapes, shape art project, shape booklet, squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, ovals, hearts, In their debut appearance in the booklet: My I See The Shape booklet, students trace the large shape on the left, read and trace the simple sentence and then write the shape word.

circles, triangle, rectangles, ovals, squares, hearts, shapes, shape booklet, shape art project, ideas for teaching shapes, back to school ideas On the right hand side of the page, they again read the sentence (this time the shapes are plural), color the shape, count how many are on the page and write that total on the line.

triangles, rectangles, squares. circles, ovals, hearts, shapes, shape art projects, shape booklet, ideas for teaching shapes, back to shool ideas They also trace the dashed lines of the small shape at the bottom and then draw the shape next to it.

You are covering reading, math, and writing; while students reinforce a variety of skills and report card standards in a fun way!

They’ll also enjoy taking this booklet home and sharing it with their families, because they’ll be able to read it by the time they have completed the booklet—a real self-esteem builder!

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shape hunt, shapes, circles, triangles, rectangles, squares, ovals, hearts, back to school ideas, ideas for teaching shapes, shape booklet, shape art project, shape danglers Send your student detectives on a Shape Hunt and have them make TALLY marks for each of the 6 shapes that they can find in 5 minutes.

When the timer rings help students add their totals and grand total and then graph the results.

circles, hearts, ovals, rectangles, triangles, squares, shape booklet, shape art project, ideas for teaching shapes, back to school ideas, To celebrate the birth of the Shaplie Family, click on the link to view/print the circle.

I've also include the circle page from the I See A Shape Booklet.

They're free through the first week of August.

Click on the link to view/print a set of FREE shape posters to hang on the wall or use as extra-large flashcards for shape review.

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Do you have a tip you can share about shapes? I’d enjoy hearing from you. diane@teachwithme.com

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