I hope these tips will help your kinders better describe their 2D shapes in a fun way and be on their way to having this skill mastered. Grab your shape manipulatives and place into the Ziploc bag with everything else you printed.Print the organization label and stick it on the front of a Ziploc bag with clear packing tape.Laminate pages together and crease down the middle so it will fold for easy storage. Print the hiding mat on 2 pages, and trim one side so that the picture will line up.Print the shape cards, laminate them and cut them apart.You agree to these terms of use by doing so. Download this free describing 2D shapes game.Here’s how to make this hidden shapes game called “What’s Hiding Under the Rug?” to describe 2D shapes: I personally liked to do this in a small group setting so I could listen to their descriptions and offer support where needed.Īre you ready to make it for your class? I’ve got your back. Super simple, but it gets them talking and describing shapes. The partners take turns and the count their points at the end. If they don’t produce the correct shape, then the shape goes back under and the card goes back in the deck for another turn. If they pull out the right shape and name it, they get to keep the card and shape as their point. The other player reaches under and feels for the correct shape based on that description. One player describes a shape from the pile of shape cards by telling the number of sides and vertices, without naming it.įor example, “Find the shape that has 1 curved side and 0 vertices.” *I highly recommend using foam shapes or manipulative ones versus paper shapes so that kinders can “feel” the sides and vertices since it has a little depth. Foam* circle, square, rectangle, hexagon and triangle shapes.Something to hide the shapes under (bandana, 11×17 paper, manilla folder, etc.).Students will take turns finding a hidden shape based on the descriptions of their partner. This game is super simple and needs only a few materials you probably have on hand. It also pointed something out to me that I’ve seen every year: how to describe a square differently from a rectangle can be tricky. This game ended up being a great informal assessment of where they are at in their describing abilities. Now - they need to practice verbally describing shapes on their own. This week, while in small groups for math time, we played “What’s Hiding Under the Rug?” They’ve heard the vocabulary, they’ve practiced counting sides and vertices, sorting shapes and they’ve even created a mini-booklet with me to write about each shape’s attributes. I introduced that vocabulary in the third week of school when we created shape anchor charts together and sorted shapes by the number of vertices. Use the words they need to be successful at this skill. So use corners, vertices, edges and sides. The moment I used the word vertices (whether I’m completely correct or not in my terminology), I had their attention like no other since they had never heard that word before…Ĭorners? They tuned out and I worked twice as hard to teach the same concept. I will no longer teach using only the word “corners” when I’m teaching students how to describe shapes. ![]() Remember – making learning the fun and the cool thing to do – is what we do here. ![]() Since the standard K.G.4.a says that my kinders should “Describe two-dimensional shapes to identify their various attributes, including vertices, sides, corners, and length of sides” then this is what we will practice.īut, we will do so in an age-appropriate and fun way. ![]() ![]() Let me share how I used this “What’s Hiding Under the Rug?” game, how to play it and how you can make it for your classroom. Here is a free 2D shapes game where students feel and describe shapes with a partner. What’s a fun, smart way to get them practicing this skill? A game. In kindergarten, students are expected to describe shapes like a circle, square, hexagon and triangle with the number of sides and vertices.
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