Positional Words and Prepositional Phrases

Looking for a fun interactive teaching idea for describing relative positions of objects? Well look no further as Kindergarten Positional Words Game Puzzles, for CCSS K.G.1, will serve as an exciting lesson plan for Kindergarten elementary school classrooms. This is a great resource to incorporate into your geometry unit as a guided math center rotation, review game exercise, small group work, morning work, remediation, intervention or rti. It can also be used as a quiz, drill, test, or assessment tool to help determine student mastery of the learning target. Whether a student is homeschooled or given this as a homework assignment, kids will also love working on these at home to improve their skills.

This puzzle set includes 16 colorful jigsaw puzzles, answer key, and an optional station instruction page with an example. These come as pdf printable sheets that can be printed on card stock and laminated for long-term use. As a suggestion, store them in a sealable gallon storage bag and place them in a tub or bin for students to use throughout the year for enrichment when they finish early. Another idea, for a project, is students can glue the completed puzzles into a notebook or journal as a reference sheet. They can also be glued on a poster for displaying on a bulletin board or as a wall anchor chart.

It covers identifying the objects or shapes in a picture and then describing the relative positions using preposition words or phrases to complete the fill in the blank sentence. By matching puzzle pieces to solve the problems, students can gain confidence in an important and sometimes challenging skill. Your Kindergartners will love to practice and learn to develop strategies about recognizing objects and their relative positions.

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging hands-on manipulative activity with your students! So set those worksheets aside and give our puzzles a try!

Relevant Kindergarten Common Core Standard K.G.A.1
Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.
Cross Reference: Virginia SOL K.12