Shapes In the early stages of learning it is important to teach children the basis so that when the work becomes more complex they will have foundation to base their understanding on. Learning the different kinds of shapes is a fundamental learning step during your educational years because shapes only get more and more complex as you continue your education. Grade : Kindergarten Content: Shapes Common Core Standards: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.A.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size. It important to have an understanding of the basis shapes because of how much they are used in everyday life. Shapes are all around in the world so we have to be able to teach our children the basic shapes so that they will be aware of them in their lives. I find that the pattern worksheets are very helpful with remembering sequence. So I found a worksheet that has the basic shapes and allows the students to find the pattern. The second workshee
Can you tell me the perimeter of this house? Most adults cannot from the top of their head. Sometimes as the teacher we expect our students to know a lot more than they should. Their brains grow just as much as our adult brains do therefore we have to continue to shape and mold them with new material to sharpen their tools and expand their knowledge. In order to do this we must start out with the basics and try to help our students build on the tools they already have. This Perimeter topic can be difficult to some students but as the teachers it is all about how your present the material to help the children who are learning. Like a wise woman once told me .. " its not what you say , its how you say it" so for teachers the saying is "its not what you teach, its how your teach it ". Grade : 3rd Grade Content: Perimeter Common Core Standard : Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.D.8