Summer
Lesson Plan:
Super Shapes
July 22, 2015
July 22, 2015
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to complete and name shapes.
Lesson
Introduction (5 minutes)
- Gather your students into a group and watch the Shapes Song.
- Review the different shapes by drawing them on the board and writing their names underneath each.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling (5 minutes)
- Show students your premade jigsaw pieces, and show them how they fit together to make complete shapes.
- Ask them questions to make sure that they understand how the shapes come together.
Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling (10 minutes)
- Have students practice putting the shapes together as a group.
- When they've had a chance to get familiar with the shapes, take all the pieces and mix them up. Pick out one half of a puzzle and have your students find the matching half.
- Do this a few times, asking students to name the shape after they complete it.
Independent Working Time (10 minutes)
- Pass out the bags of shapes to students.
- Have students put the shapes together individually.
- Provide assistance and encouragement where needed. Asking questions is a nice way of encouraging them to think as they work. Allow them to make mistakes and learn from them.
Extend
Differentiation
- Enrichment: Help advanced students strengthen their word recognition skills by writing the name of the shape on the shape and then cutting it into more than two pieces.
- Support: Trace out the shape on a different piece of paper and have the students put the pieces on the paper to complete the shape.
Review
Assessment (5 minutes)
- Ask questions as the students work on the puzzles.
- Observe as they try to put pieces together to make a shape.
- Watch to see if there are any students struggling to complete the activity.
- Talk to them about the shapes they are working on.
- Walk around the room when students are done to check all of the shapes each student made.
Review and Closing (10 minutes)
- When students are done, call them back together as a group.
- Review the names of the shapes with your class with flashcards, a video, or a book.
- Ask students if they have any questions about the lesson.
Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities
that guide learners through different concepts and skills.
They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Geometry at the preschool level involves identifying shapes and learning positional words. This guided lesson goes over these key concepts and vocabulary words, including top, bottom, up, down, in front of, behind, over, under and next to. Because geometry is one of the more visual math disciplines, it offers a chance for kids to build a fun, vibrant association with the subject of math.
Geometry at the preschool level involves identifying shapes and learning positional words.
This lesson includes printable activities:
Download All (5)
Song: Preschool Shapes Song
Game: Museum Spot the Shapes
Game: Shapes Hopper
Game: Bone Catcher 2
Story: The Shapeshifter
Game: Square Tangram Challenge
Game: Create Mosaics With Shapes
