Composing 2D Shapes Free Center Cards!

Money is now a thing of the past and geometry is where it's at in room 102!

We have been identifying 2D shapes and their characteristics, while also getting familiar with these shapes by PLAYING! I mean... "composing" new shapes with pattern blocks and geoboards!

I love geometry because it is all hands-on and the kids have a lot of fun learning about shapes! It also lets me see which of kids need more practice with spatial reasoning.

I created these little center cards that we used today and I thought I would offer them up as a freebie:

There are 18 cards that you can download HERE:

I also had my students working on the geoboards today with these fun shape cards:

The sweet Jennifer from First Grade Blue Skies made these and you can get them HERE!!

We will be working on these centers the whole week! I need to enjoy the fun of playing with shapes, because our next math unit is place value.... EEEK!

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Butterflies! and a freebie!

Last week we got our classroom butterflies and the kids are SOOOO excited!

We have already read a few butterfly books, watched a BrainPop Jr. video (they are obsessed), and began our butterfly observations:

 

"I am wondering..."

After we watched the BrainPop Jr. Butterfly video, we wrote down some facts we learned about butterflies:

We will be studying butterflies for the next couple of weeks so I created a bunch of Common Core aligned activities to go along with our unit:

 Here is a sneak peek at some of the activities inside:

Diagrams/Posters/Printables

Literacy & Math Centers

Writing Prompts

If you'd like to read more about my Butterflies unit you can click here or on the picture of the cover above!

This unit will be on sale through Monday :)

PS - I have turned the observation booklet portion of this unit into a FREEBIE on TPT! Click the image below to download it!

Have a great week!

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