Mrs. Drake's Classroom

Shapes

Playing the Shapes and Pattern Race Game. Child choose a card with a pattern of shapes and colors - reads pattern and identifies what what shape/color comes next and then moves their piece to that next shape. This is a very fast game- usually only 2 - 4 turns each, but it6 is an excellent venue for assessment.	Bought these place mats at the dollar store- drew some basic shapes on them and let children roll out playdoh to make the shapes.
We worked on our tanagrams.	After reading Shape Monster we made our own monsters. They turned out very cute and individual.
Made shapes in shaving cream - always a hit.	More math and shape lesson plan ideas here

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