Squares Matching
This numeracy topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise identifying and describing some different sized square shapes by their matching number of sides and corners.
The class can play a game to make some examples of different 2D shapes and practise using squares and other shapes to complete a picture on a specific theme or topic.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise identifying and describing some different sized square shapes by their matching number of sides and corners
Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet to play a group game to identify and match some different 2D shapes and a template to make models of different sized squares that can be used to complete a picture on a special theme or topic.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to identify and describe square shapes by their matching number of sides and corners.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to name, model and classify some example four sided shapes with matching numbers of corners and sides that can be seen and used in different locations. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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