Understanding Polygons

This is a simple and fun activity that is great to incorporate into your geometry unit. As you read "The Greedy Triangle" aloud, the students "create" each shape with marshmallows and pretzel sticks - as you are reading the story, they complete a sheet in which they write the name of each shape, draw the shape, and record the number of sides and vertices each shape has.

Resource ID#: 72814 Type: Lesson Plan

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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics

Grade Level(s): 1

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Document Camera

Instructional Time: 45 Minute(s)

Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes

Keywords: Geometry, Polygons, 2D Shapes, Building shapes, Attributes of 2D shapes

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan

Instructional Design Framework(s): Direct Instruction

Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Mathematics General

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