Summary
A basketball-themed movement break about shapes. Kids shoot and pivot with the coach while they classify two-dimensional figures by their attributes -- geometry on the court.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Shapes and talk
- What attributes did the coach use to sort the shapes?
- How are a square and a rectangle alike, and how are they different?
- Can one shape belong to more than one group? Give an example.
Quick work-a-long
Try it: Draw a shape and list two attributes it has (number of sides, right angles, parallel sides).