About Activity

Overview

Shape Object Cards is a game designed to provide students with practice using common shape vocabulary words.

Students can play this game after memorizing only 7 shapes and learning numbers 1-14.

Currently, there is one sets of 20 cards available for this game.

It's a deduction card game with several different images composed of shapes on each card. Players need to use their verbal skills to deduce which of the cards laid out in front of them matches the "secret card" in their activity partner's possession, by using the sentence structures "Do you see any _________________?" and "How many _________________ do you see?"

 

Activity Presentation Phase Instructions

 

Shape Object Card Example

Object constructed
from 6 rectangles,
6 circles & 2 triangles

 

Shape Object Card Example

Object constructed
from 5 triangles,
2 rectangle & 1 star

 

 

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Important Note

These materials can also be used for the Color Objects Card Game which teaches the colors that appear on these cards. This allows 2 separate topics to be taught using the same set of 20 cards, reducing print and prep time for teachers.

  

 

 

 

How To Play

Groups: This game is best played in pairs of two participants. One participant in each group will be the asker and the other will be the answerer.

Materials: Two identical sets of the 20 Shape Object Cards are needed for each pair of two participants. This means two sets of Set A.

Time / Game Round: 1-3 minutes

 

  • The asker should lay out one set of game cards in front of them and the answerer should draw one "secret card" from an identical set of cards. The "secret card" will therefore match one of the 20 cards laid out in front of the asker.

  • The answerer can look at the "secret card," but they aren't allowed to show it to the asker. The asker can only learn which shapes (and how many of each) appear on the "secret card" by asking verbal questions.

  • The asker's GOAL is to narrow down which of the 20 cards in front of them matches the "secret card" possessed by the answerer.

    To do this, the asker can use the following sentence patterns:

    "Do you see any _________________?" and systematically insert different shapes into the blank in the sentence pattern.

    "How many _________________ do you see?" and insert the relevant shape into the blank in the sentence pattern.


  • Based on the answerer's answers, the asker can "eliminate" any cards that logically can't match the "secret card" held by the answerer. The best way to "eliminate" the non-matching cards, is to flip them over face-down. Then the asker can continue to ask more questions to further narrow down the remaining "face-up cards."

  • Each round of the game continues until the asker has narrowed down the cards in front of them to just one card. They can then ask the answerer, "Is this your card?"

 

For more detailed instructions for how to print, prepare, and introduce card-based deduction games like this one, click the blue button below.

 

How To Play

 

Printing & Preparation Instructions

 

 

 

Words to Learn Before Playing

The Core Vocabulary Words listed below are all words that students should learn BEFORE playing this game. There is currently only one set of cards for this activity.

 

Vocabulary Words Used in Activity
Card Set A (20 Cards) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, circle, diamond, heart, oval, rectangle, square,* triangle

 

*Note: the teacher should decide if they wish to include both 'rectangle' and 'square' in this game or just 'rectangle,' as many shapes may be hard for students to differentiate as rectangles vs squares.

 

Words to Learn While Playing

The following words will be used to the play this game (with every available set of cards). However, these words don't need to be pre-taught. These words can and should be learned WHILE playing the game.

 

Vocabulary Best Learned In Context
Used With All Sets any, card, do, how, I, is, many, no, see, the, this, yes, you, your

 

Sentence Patterns to Use While Playing

The following sentences and sentence patterns are recommended for use while playing this game. The best way to teach these sentences, is to use them in context while introducing the game and demonstrating how to play it.

 

Standard Sentences and Sentence Patterns
Do you see any _________________?
Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
How many _________________ do you see?
I see ___ _________________. (number) (shape)
Is this your card?
Yes, it is. / No, it isn't.