Shape Property Identifier

Sub Trajectory: classifying

Uses properties explicitly. Can see the invariants in the changes of state or shape but maintaining the shape properties.

Activities

You may see this:

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Other Examples:

  • Child says, "I put the shapes with opposite sides parallel over here and the shapes with four sides but not opposite parallel sides over there."

Help your student become a(n) Shape Property Identifier

Activities ask children to classify shapes based on their properties; for example, can sort, placing all shapes that have at least one right angle together.

I Spy [Property Identifier]
I Spy [Property Identifier]

Whole Group

Guess My Rule [Shape Property Identifier]
Guess My Rule [Shape Property Identifier]

Whole Group

Feely Box [Shape Property Identifier]
Feely Box [Shape Property Identifier]

Small Group

Don
Don't Burn Your Feet [Shape Property Identifier]

Whole & Small Group

Special Thanks To

Institute of Education Sciences
The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through grant numbers R305K050157, R305A120813, R305A110188, and R305A150243. to the University of Denver. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
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