Materials needed:

• List of the shapes to be found
  
  
• "Missing Shape" worksheet
  
  
• Pencil, markers, crayons
  
  

Find a partner or two other people to work with.

• You are a "Shape detective" on the trail of missing flat shapes.
  
  
• There is a list of shapes that you are to find. The shapes to be found are circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, ovals, hexagons, and octagons
  
  
• Each detective will choose a shape from the list and write its name on a copy of the "Missing Shape" worksheet.
  
  
• Draw a cartoon of the shape in the space provided.
  
  
• Carefully describe the shape on the sheet.
  
  
• Now list three or more objects that the shape has been posing or is disguised as.
  
  
• Sign the sheet and put it in your portfolio.