Lesson Plan
Shapes, Numbers, and Letters, Oh My!
Where do they fit? In this lesson, students will discover how shapes, numbers, and letters can be grouped into categories. With adaptable content, students can also be challenged to consider attributes such as size and color!
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to recognize different types of categories, such as categories by number, letter, shape, color, size, or similar properties and attributes. Students will be able to explain and justify why certain objects belong with a chosen category.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Introduce the lesson by asking students to participate in an identification activity of the things that don’t belong.
- Display the What Does Not Belong: Shapes, Letters, and Numbers worksheet on an interactive whiteboard, or use a printed copy.
- Invite students to find the objects that don’t belong and justify their thinking.