Back to School Project | "Know" One Like Me
A back-to-school craft project where students assemble a paper dodecahedron ('"Know" One Like ME!') decorated with personal facts, for classroom/hallway display.
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A back-to-school craft project where students assemble a paper dodecahedron ('"Know" One Like ME!') decorated with personal facts, for classroom/hallway display.
Provide open-ended creative-drawing prompts based on overlapping line patterns, to build shape and pattern awareness through art.
A printable classroom-decor shape bunting: flag/pennant templates, one shape per flag, for students to cut out, string together, and use to reinforce 2D and 3D shape recognition.
A printable classroom-decor shape bunting: flag/pennant templates, one shape per flag, for students to cut out, string together, and use to reinforce 2D and 3D shape recognition.
Provide printable shape-labeled bunting flags for classroom display and shape-name recognition.
A shape-matching activity giving young learners hands-on practice identifying and matching geometric shapes.
A large no-prep packet teaching 3D shapes (cube, sphere, cone, and others) through informational shape pages, real-world-connection readings, color/read/write practice, step-by-step drawing guides, cut-and-fold 'make your own shape' craft templates, and open-ended draw-and-write reflection pages.
A cut-and-paste activity for classifying shapes/images as symmetrical or not symmetrical.
Decorative star cutout templates for bulletin boards and classroom displays/projects.
A shape-matching worksheet pairing colored shapes with their outline counterparts.
A cut-and-assemble flip book that visually introduces the volume formula (Length x Width x Height) using unit cube and rectangular prism examples.
A cut-and-paste puzzle activity for practicing the area and circumference formulas of circles, aligned to CCSS 7.G.B.4.
A directed-drawing worksheet set that guides students to recreate optical-illusion (op art) designs using a grid-copying method, combining art and geometry/spatial skills.
A set of printable 2D-shape flashcards (color and black/white) plus matching name-practice bookmarks, for teaching shape recognition to young children through hands-on and group activities.
A craft/paper-model activity where students construct a 3D model of Chichén Itzá.
A short geography/cultural-studies paper-craft activity where students build a 3D model of a yurt while learning about the dwelling.
A simple paper-craft activity where students build a 3D rocket model.
Geometry activity with scaffolded notes teaching the Triangle Inequality Theorem through a hands-on discovery activity using cut straws (or spaghetti) of measured lengths, then guided notes and practice problems.
Scissor-cutting practice pages: students cut along dotted lines to and around named shapes, building fine motor and scissor control skills, with a shape reference chart included.
A shape-based roll-and-draw dice game in which students build a drawing of a snail by rolling for each column of body parts on the game sheet and combining the resulting shapes into a finished picture.
Teach how to classify triangles by their sides (equilateral, isosceles, scalene) and by their angles (acute, right, obtuse) using an interactive foldable notebook activity.
A simple hands-on STEM/geometry activity in which students identify and construct cuboid shapes.
Follow-up activity/reference booklet reinforcing a lesson on the four main types of quadrilaterals.
A project-based learning activity where students build a geometric 'snowman' from equilateral triangles, rectangles, and a hexagon, applying shape-construction and area/perimeter skills.