Shape Explorers: Discovering 3D Shapes!

Math Grades 1st Grade 6:42 Video
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Lesson Description

Join us on a shape adventure! Learn about cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres, and find them all around you. Get ready to identify and color these fun 3D shapes!

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Learn Grade 1 - Maths - Shapes

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Duration: 6:42
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Key Concepts

  • Cube
  • Cone
  • Cylinder
  • Sphere

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres.
  • Students will be able to recognize real-world examples of cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what shapes they already know. Show them different 2D shapes and ask them to name them. Then, introduce the concept of 3D shapes and explain that they are like 2D shapes but 'pop out' into the real world.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Play the "Learn Grade 1 - Maths - Shapes" video from KidsClassroom. Encourage students to watch carefully and identify the shapes presented in the video.
  • Shape Identification (10 mins)
    After the video, review each shape (cube, cone, cylinder, sphere) individually. Show examples of each shape using classroom objects (e.g., a block for a cube, a party hat for a cone, a can for a cylinder, a ball for a sphere). Have students repeat the name of each shape and point out its key characteristics.
  • Real-World Shape Hunt (10 mins)
    Have students look around the classroom for examples of the four shapes. When they find an object, have them name the object and the shape it represents (e.g., "The dice is a cube!").
  • Coloring Activity (10 mins)
    Distribute a worksheet with pictures of cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres. Instruct students to color the shapes according to the following key: Cubes - Yellow, Spheres - Red, Cylinders - Green, Cones - Blue. This reinforces shape recognition and provides a fun, hands-on activity.

Interactive Exercises

  • Shape Sorting
    Provide a collection of objects (blocks, balls, cans, party hats) and have students sort them into groups based on their shape.

Discussion Questions

  • What is your favorite shape and why?
  • Where else have you seen these shapes in the real world?

Skills Developed

  • Shape recognition
  • Observation
  • Fine motor skills

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which shape looks like a ball?

Correct Answer: Sphere

Question 2:

Which shape looks like a box?

Correct Answer: Cube

Question 3:

Which shape looks like a party hat?

Correct Answer: Cone

Question 4:

Which shape looks like a can of soup?

Correct Answer: Cylinder

Question 5:

What color should you color the cube?

Correct Answer: Yellow

Question 6:

What color should you color the sphere?

Correct Answer: Red

Question 7:

What color should you color the cylinder?

Correct Answer: Green

Question 8:

What color should you color the cone?

Correct Answer: Blue

Question 9:

A dice is which shape?

Correct Answer: Cube

Question 10:

Which of these is NOT a shape we learned?

Correct Answer: Triangle

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

A ball is a ________.

Correct Answer: sphere

Question 2:

A block is a ________.

Correct Answer: cube

Question 3:

A party hat is a ________.

Correct Answer: cone

Question 4:

A can of soup is a ________.

Correct Answer: cylinder

Question 5:

We color the cube ________.

Correct Answer: yellow

Question 6:

We color the sphere ________.

Correct Answer: red

Question 7:

We color the cylinder ________.

Correct Answer: green

Question 8:

We color the cone ________.

Correct Answer: blue

Question 9:

Stars in the night sky are like ________.

Correct Answer: spheres

Question 10:

A Rubik's ______ is a cube.

Correct Answer: cube

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.1.G.A.1:Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes. CCSS.Math.Content.1.G.A.2:Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape. (Students do not need to learn formal names such as "right rectangular prism.")

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