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2 SHAPES Games & Activities for PreK-1

3 Directions Roll and Build Students use their imagination to create various composite shapes. Rolling the dice makes the pictures different every time! Materials: pattern blocks, one or two dice, Roll and Build mats, pencil or crayons (optional) Teacher Prep: Print out the Roll and Build mats. Laminate for durability and reuse. (optional) *There are two options for each mat: one with that uses diamond and rhombus/parallelogram, and one that uses rhombus/parallelogram. Directions: There are three Roll and Build activities. Students roll a die (or two) to determine what shape or how many of a shape to use to make a picture. See the following page for directions for each activity. Choose which one best meets your students needs.

4 How to Play Roll and Build Easy Use one die. Use the shapes you roll to make a picture. Medium Hard Roll two dice. Make a picture using that amount of shapes. Tell how many of each shape is used in the picture. Roll a die for each shape. Record the number under the shape. Make a picture that has the amount of each shape rolled.

5 Roll and Build Roll a die. Use the shapes you roll to make a picture. square triangle hexagon trapezoid diamond rhombus (parallelogram)

6 Roll and Build Roll a die. Use the shapes you roll to make a picture. square triangle hexagon trapezoid rhombus rhombus (parallelogram) (parallelogram)

7 Roll and Build Roll two dice. Make a picture using that amount of shapes. Write how many of each shape you used. The number I rolled is. In my picture, there are squares triangles hexagons trapezoids diamonds rhombuses (parallelograms)

8 Roll and Build Roll two dice. Make a picture using that amount of shapes. Write how many of each shape you used. The number I rolled is. In my picture, there are squares triangles hexagons trapezoids rhombuses rhombuses (parallelograms) (parallelograms)

9 Roll and Build Roll the die once for each shape. Write the number you roll under each shape. Make a picture that has the number of each shape you rolled. square triangle hexagon trapezoid diamond rhombus (parallelogram)

10 Roll and Build Roll the die once for each shape. Write the number you roll under each shape. Make a picture that has the number of each shape you rolled. square triangle hexagon trapezoid rhombus rhombus (parallelogram) (parallelogram)

11 Directions Scavenger Hunt Students look for 2D shapes in everyday objects! Materials: old magazines and newspapers, scissors, stick glue, pencil, Shape Scavenger Hunt sheet Teacher Prep: Print out the Shape Scavenger Hunt sheet. Gather old magazines and newspapers. Directions: 1. Students look through magazines and newspapers for 2D shapes. 2. They cut the shapes out, glue them on the scavenger hunt sheet, and label the shapes.

12 SHAPE Scavenger Hunt Look through magazines and newspapers for different shapes. Cut them out, glue them here, and label the shapes.

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