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Lesson Plan

Making Shapes

Help your students get comfortable with 2D shapes using this fun arts-inspired lesson plan!
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Quizzical Shapes lesson plan.
Grade:
Kindergarten
View aligned standards
K.G.A.2
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Quizzical Shapes lesson plan.

Objectives

Academic

Students will be able to identify shapes based on their attributes.

Language

Students will be able to describe the differences between shapes using mathematical vocabulary.

Introduction

(3 minutes)
  • Gather the class together for a read aloud.
  • Display the book, The Shape of Things and explain that a shape is the outline of something.
  • Ask students if they know the names of any shapes. Have them turn and talk to a partner to share any shapes that they already know.
  • Have students share out the shapes that they know, create a visual word wall to illustrate the shapes students share (e.g., square, rectangle, triangle, etc.).