This activity is perfect for whole or small group.

You can
use a paper bag or something fancier if you prefer.
Adhere the “Guess the Shape” label onto the front
of the bag (optional) and print out the “guess the shape”
activity prompt sheet. Place a tactile “mystery” shape in
the bag. This will be your discretion. Use pattern blocks or
geosolids for this activity. In a whole/small group setting,
prompt a student to reach into the bag without looking
and then read the prompts aloud to encourage students
to describe the shape without telling what the shape
actually is. The rest of the students in the group will listen
to the descriptors and determine which shape is hiding in
the bag. This is a great activity to discuss attributes as well
as giving kids the opportunity to use geometric language
and would be perfect to introduce shapes or review them.
(ADDITIONAL IDEA: Keep a set of shape picture cards
on hand and prompt kids to determine which shapes
DON’T fit the descriptions and remove until only one is
remaining. )
 Activity Prompts

• Describe the way it

feels.
• Are the sides curved
or straight?
• How many sides?

?
• How many vertices?
• Is it a 2D shape or a
3D shape? How
can you tell?
For this activity, assemble the 2D die
template provided & place the Roll &
Add printable in a dry erase
sleeve. Roll the die once. Draw the
shape on which you land in the first
bubble provided. Count the vertices
on the shape and record the number
on the line beneath it. Roll the die
again. Draw the shape on which you
land in the next bubble. Count the
vertices on the shape and record the
number on the line beneath it. Add
the vertices of both shapes together
for a combined sum. Write the sum
in the space provided and draw a
shape with a matching number of
vertices in the bubble. Record the
shape in the box below.
______ ______ ______

MY NEW SHAPE

© Cara Carroll – The First Grade Parade - 2017

For this activity, assemble the pattern block
die template. Prompt students to roll
the die 10-20 times (teacher
discretion. Students can even spin a spinner
or pull a random number card from a
container to determine the number of times
to roll the die.)
Students wil roll the die, identify the shape on
which they land, and then collect that
matching shape. Students wil continue to roll
and collect until they have rolled the die the
determined amount of times. Once all
shapes are collected, students wil assemble
into a creation, count, and record in the
space provided on the printable.
© Cara Carroll – The First Grade Parade - 2017
For this hands-on 3D shape activity, you wil need a
spinner overlay (or pencil & paper clip to create
a spinner) and a set of geosolids.
OPTION 1: Students wil roll 1 or 2 dice to determine
the number of times they wil spin the spinner.
Students wil spin and collect the shapes on which
they land until they are out of spins. Then students
wil determine how to stack the geosolids collected
without it falling over.
OPTION 2: Students wil spin the spinner, collect the
geosolid on which they land, and create a stack.
Students wil continue to spin, collect, and stack until
their “tower” falls over. The player whose tower is the
last one standing, wins the game. (With this option,
students wil quickly determine that cones, and
pyramids/rectangular prisms can only be stacked on
its base and spheres can’t stack at all )
© Cara Carroll – The First Grade Parade - 2017