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TEKS Objective

Classify matter by physical properties, including shape, relative mass, relative temperature, texture, flexibility, and whether material is a solid or liquid. 

Essential Understanding

The student knows that matter has physical properties and those properties determine how it is described, classified, changed, and used.

Science Background

Young Children’s Ideas About Geometric Shapes: Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama (PDF) - Recognizing shapes is a fundamental math and science skill. This article explains how and why children learn to identify and distinguish among different shapes.

Young Children's Ideas About Geometric Shapes
Douglas H. Clements and Julie Sarama

Signature Lesson

Practice Geometry with Shape Riddles: Education.com (website) - Students work in pairs, with one giving clues to describe the properties of a shape while the other attempts to guess the name of the shape.

Practice Geometry with Shape Riddles
www.education.com

Supporting Lessons

Ship Shape: Utah Education Network (website) - Students create geometric figures after describing and classifying various shapes.

Ship Shape
Utah Education Network, www.uen.or

Elaboration Lessons and Extensions

2nd Grade Geometry Lesson Plan-Shapes: Juab School District (website) - Students describe and classify plane and solid geometric figures based on the number of sides and angles or faces, edges, and vertices.

2nd Grade Geometry Lesson Plan-Shapes
Juab School District, https://www.juab.k12.ut.us

Assessment Ideas

Provide students with a variety of common items (cereal box, baseball, etc.) and each student to describe the shape of each object, using specialized “shape” vocabulary (rectangle, cylinder, etc.) from the Signature Lesson.

Literature Connections

 I See Shapes. Fries, M. (ISBN-13: 978-0916119867)

The Shape of Me and Other Stuff. Dr. Seuss (ISBN-13: 978-0394826875)

Circles, Triangles, and Squares. Hoban, T. (ISBN-13: 978-0027448306)

Arrow to the Sun. McDermott, G. (ISBN-13: 978-0140502114)

Grandfather Tang’s Story. Tompert, A. (ISBN-13: 978-0517885581)

Math Magic Shape and Pattern. Clemson, W. (ISBN-13: 978-1854348760)

Round is a Mooncake. Thong, R. (ISBN-13: 978-0811826761)

The Silly Story of Goldie Locks and the Three Squares. Maccarone, G. (ISBN-13: 978-0590543446)

Related Science TEKS

(2.1A) Science Safety
The student is expected to identify and demonstrate safe practices as described in the Texas Safety Standards during classroom and outdoor investigations, including wearing safety goggles, washing hands, and using materials appropriately.

(2.1B) Importance of Safe Practices
The student is expected to describe the importance of safe practices.

(2.1C) Recycling/disposal of Science Materials
The student is expected to identify and demonstrate how to use, conserve, and dispose of natural resources and materials such as conserving water and reuse or recycling of paper, plastic, and metal.

(2.2A) Ask Questions
The student is expected to ask questions about organisms, objects, and events during observations and investigations.

(2.2B) Plan and Conduct Descriptive Investigation
The student is expected to plan and conduct descriptive investigations such as how organisms grow.

(2.2C) Collect Data
The student is expected to collect data from observations using simple equipment such as hand lenses, primary balances, thermometers, and non-standard measurement tools.

(2.2D) Record and Organize Data & Observations
The student is expected to record and organize data using pictures, numbers, and words.

(2.2E) Communicate and Justify Explanations
The student is expected to communicate observations and justify explanations using student-generated data from simple descriptive investigations.

(2.2F) Comparing Results of Investigations
The student is expected to compare results of investigations with what students and scientists know about the world.

(2.3B) Make Predictions
The student is expected to make predictions based on observable patterns.

Related Math TEKS

2.7A  The student is expected to describe attributes (the number of vertices, faces, edges, sides) of two- and three-dimensional geometric figures such as circles, polygons, spheres, cones, cylinders, prisms, and pyramids, etc.

2.7B  The student is expected to use attributes to describe how 2 two-dimensional figures or 2 three-dimensional geometric figures are alike or different.

2.12D  The student is expected to use tools such as real objects, manipulatives, and technology to solve problems.

2.13A  The student is expected to explain and record observations using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology.

Additional Resources

Venn Diagram Shape Sorter: Interactivate (website) - Students work independently in class or at home to sort shapes in this interactive Venn diagram.

Venn Diagram Shape Sorter
Interactivate, http://www.shodor.org

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