Preservice Teacher: America Barrera

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• Pre-service Teacher America Barrera
• Content Area MATH
• Content Focus Shapes (Flat Figures)
• Grade Level First Grade
• TEKS Objective
• (1.6) Geometry and spatial reasoning. The student
  uses attributes to identify, compare, and
  contrast shapes and solids. The student is
  expected to
• (B)  identify circles, triangles, and
  rectangles, including squares, and describe the
  shape of balls, boxes, cans, and cones and
• Purpose
• This is a first grade game about flat figure
  shapes such as squares, triangles, circles, and
  rectangles. The purpose of this game is for
  students to apply what they have learned about
  flat figure shapes. This game will ask what is
  the shape of different familiar objects to
  determine if students are able to identify flat
  figure shapes in their environment.

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INTSTRUCTIONS

• Answer questions 1-12.
• Start with number one. Click on the number and
  answer the question. If you get the answer wrong,
  click on return to the question and try again.
  If you get the answer right, click on to the
  question page and answer the next question. Do
  this for all 12 questions. When you have answered
  all 12 question you can play again or quit game.

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What is the shape of it?
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Question 1
TRIANGLE

• What is the shape of
• this pizza?

SQUARE
CIRCLE
RECTANGLE
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Question 2
CIRCLE

• What is the shape of this floppy disk?

TRIANGLE
RECTANGLE
SQUARE
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Question 3
CIRCLE

• What is the shape of this slice of pizza?

RECTANGLE
TRIANGLE
SQUARE
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Question 4
RECTANGLE

• What is the shape of this flag?

CIRCLE
SQUARE
TRIANGLE
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Question 5
SQUARE

• What is the shape of this picture?

TRIANGLE
CIRCLE
RECTANGLE
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Question 6
RECTANGLE

• What is the shape of
• this clock?

CIRCLE
TRIANGLE
SQUARE
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Question 7
TRIANGLE

• What is the shape of this slice of cheese?

CIRCLE
RECTANGLE
SQUARE
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Question 8

• What is the shape of
• this one hundred dollar bill?

CIRCLE
RECTANGLE
TRIANGLE
SQUARE
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Question 9
TRIANGLE

• What is the shape of this happy/sad face?

SQUARE
CIRCLE
RECTANGLE
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Question 10
TRIANGLE

• What is the shape of this flag?

SQUARE
CIRCLE
RECTANGLE
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Question 11
SQUARE

• What is the shape of this coin?

TRIANGLE
CIRCLE
RECTANGLE
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Question 12
CIRCLE

• What is the shape of this yield sign?

RECTANGLE
SQUARE
TRIANGLE
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A CORRECT ANSWER

• Congratulations!
• You know your shapes!

TO THE QUESTION PAGE
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A WRONG ANSWER

• Sorry, Please Try Again.

RETURN TO QUESTION
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YOU HAVE FINISHED!

• GOOD JOB!

PLAY AGAIN
QUIT GAME
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GAME OVER

• Information for this game was provided by
• K-12 Textbook
• Burton et al(1999) Matematicas Mi Ventaja. New
  York Harcourt Brace (workbook)
• GALE TEACHER RESOURCES
• Gale Group Professional Collection
• Author Christine D. Oberdorf Jennifer
  Taylor-Cox
• Shape up! (Geometry and Geometric Thinking)
  (children's misconceptions about geometry)
  Teaching Children Mathematics, Feb 1999 v5 i6
  p340(6)
• CLIP ART
• Discovery Schools Clip ART Gallery
• http//school.discovery.com/clipart/category/math1
  .html
• Microsoft Word Clip Art
• http//www.cashflowzone.com/100_dollar_bill.htm