Shapes and Shadows

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Tell your students that you will be identifying shapes like you did with object that made the shadow.
• Show the students some of the different shapes and identify them as a group.

Guided Practice

• Review the qualities of the shapes. For example: "A square has four sides that are the same size."
• Place a shape on the shadow board and have students identify it.

Independent working time

• Have students interact with the shapes and shadows.
• Students may construct creations with the shapes (for example, a house with a square and a triangle on top).
• Encourage students to work with a partner and identify the shapes they are using in their figures.