Shape Recognition Games

Grade Levels

1st Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten

Course, Subject

World Languages, English Language Arts, Mathematics

Related Academic Standards

Identify basic features of print. • Differentiate between numbers and letters and letters and words. • Recognize and name some upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.

CC.1.1.PREK.D CC.1.1.PREK.D

Develop beginning phonics and word skills. • Associates some letters with their names and sounds. • Identify familiar words and environmental print.

CC.1.1.K.C CC.1.1.K.C

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). • Recognize and produce rhyming words. • Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. • Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. • Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sound (phonemes) in the three-phoneme (CVC) words.

CC.1.1.K.D CC.1.1.K.D

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. • Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondence. • Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings for the five major vowels. • Read grade-level high-frequency sight words with automaticity. • Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

CC.1.1.1.C CC.1.1.1.C

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). • Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words. • Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken and written words. • Orally produce single-syllable words, including consonant blends and digraphs. • Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words. • Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in one-syllable words to make new words.

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Author

Literacy Center

Description

The Shape Center introduces children to basic geometric shapes and principles. Each exercise is designed to encourage children to recognize the relationship between symbols, shapes and letters. This practice resource is appropriate for grade levels PreK-1.

Shape Recognition Objectives Include:

To associate a shape name with a shape.
To begin to recognize shapes in nature.
To recognize that shapes make patterns in nature.

Shape Matching Objectives Include:

Identify shapes and match with shape names.
To identify a shape, put it into its place and learn its name.

Drawing Practice

Objective: Practice drawing shapes

Note: This resource is also available in Spanish, French, and German, and can be used to assist in the development of basic vocaulary in foreign language classes.

Website/Url

Shape Center

Shape Recognition Games