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Lesson Plan
Shape Up: Identifying Shapes
Shape up! Your students will develop spatial and coordination skills while using accurate terms to name and describe two-dimensional shapes.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify 2D shapes and use accurate terms to describe them.
The adjustment to the whole group lesson is a modification to differentiate for children who are English learners.
Introduction
(5 minutes)
- Tell your students that they are going to learn to identify and name two-dimensional, or flat, shapes.
- Show your students examples of shapes, and have them name the shape.
- Take a "shape walk" around the classroom, and have students identify shapes when they see them.
Beginning
- Preview the lesson content by reading aloud a shape book such as Shapes, Shapes, Shapes By Tana Hoban
Intermediate
- Review shape names using visuals and provide students with a word bank to use when describing each shape (corner, side, etc.).
- Provide students with a visual aid (images of each shape on paper) to use when identifying shapes in the classroom.