Mathematics
Grade 1
Combine Geometric Shapes
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Dear Parent or Guardian:
Your child is currently learning to combine geometric shapes to
make new geometric shapes. Here is your chance to help your child
practice this important skill.
In this PAL Packet you will find a short activity for you and your
child to do. Please do the activity and The Back Page this evening.
Then sign your name on The Back Page and have your child return it
tomorrow.
Remember, parents are a child’s first teacher. Thank you for your
time and energy in making learning fun and exciting for your child.
Sincerely,
_________________________
Your child’s teacher
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COMBINING GEOMETRIC SHAPES
Parent Pointer —
Geometric shapes in one form or another make up most of the items in
our environment. We use combinations of geometric shapes to make
other shapes. For example, the combination of two rectangles may
make a square. Fabric designers and graphic artists use shape
combinations in designs of all kinds. Your child will need to know this
concept when studying geometry.
Math in the Home, on the Go, and for the Fun of It —
DIRECTIONS: Read the information at the top of the Putting Shapes
Together page to your child. Discuss the way in which the three sets
of shapes on the page are combined. For example, discuss that in the
first set, two triangles are combined to make a diamond. Then, read to
your child and follow the directions on the Now You Make New Shapes
activity page.
Talk about It —
After you have finished the activity, turn to The Back Page to have
your child show what he or she knows.
Now go have some fun with the activity! (
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Putting Shapes Together
When you put shapes together to make other shapes, you are
combining shapes. Below are some examples of shape
combinations that make new shapes.
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Now You Make New Shapes
Materials needed: scissors
Help your child with all the steps in this activity.
First, cut out the shapes below.
Second, on the next page, place the cutout shapes on the
big shapes on the left until you find the ones that make
up each shape.
Third, trace the shapes you put together in the space to
the right so that it forms the big shape on the left.
Fourth, have fun making new shapes with your child!
Cutout Shapes
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Now You Make New Shapes
(continued)
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The Back Page
Talk about It
Parent —
Ask your child the following question:
9What did you learn about shapes in this activity?
Write your child’s answer to the above question on the
reverse side of this page.
OR
Do one of the following activities on the reverse side of
this page:
9Have your child show his or her answer to the above
question in a drawing.
9With your child, try to find two or three objects of
different shapes in your home and make a new shape
with them. Then have your child either trace this
shape or use the cut out shapes to make a shape that
has not already been made.
__________________________ __________________________
Student’s Name
Parent or Guardian’s Signature
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