Devin Walsh

This game is great for reviewing three-dimensional shapes for common core standard K.G2. After printing on white or colored card stock the teacher should cut on the black line to make game cards. (You may consider printing out more than one set of the cards to increase the level of difficulty.) The cards should be lined up face down on the table so a small group of students can play a matching game. A student must have the image of a 3D shape and its name to get a match. If a students gets

This resource includes labels and pictures of common 3D objects that can be printed on card stock, cut apart, and laminated for use on anchor charts in the classroom when introducing or reviewing common core standard K.G2. Students can place the objects in the correct place then give additional information to the teacher to be added to the chart. (Be sure to point out to children that it is the Bugles chips inside the bag and not the bag itself that are shaped like cones.)

This hands-on activity gives students the opportunity to find the relationship between two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. Students take a specific three-dimensional object and trace/stamp one of its faces in the box. They then look at the two-dimensional shape that resulted to see if there is a relationship (for example: tracing/stamping the face of a cube will result in a square, tracing/stamping the face of a cylinder will result in a circle, etc.).

This worksheet can be used in conjunction with a hands-on activity where the teacher provides 3D objects from the real world and gives students the opportunity to identify them. This lesson would work great when introducing or reviewing common core standard K.G2. The teacher would gather real 3D objects beforehand such as: a cube-shaped kleenex box or wooden block, a cone-shaped party hat or funnel, a sphere-shaped globe or ball, and a cylinder-shaped clorox wipes container or paper towel tube

This worksheet can be used in conjunction with a unit on Three-Dimensional Shapes. It gives students opportunities to analyze and compare the shapes using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides, vertices/corners), and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length) as mentioned in common core standard K.G4.