Introduction to Shapes

Topic: Recognize and draw Grade Level: 2 grade

nd
Name: Stephanie Valentin
shapes

Lesson Type: New materials Performance Level: on Group Size: None

Standard: Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of
angles or a given number of equal faces.1 Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons,
hexagons, and cubes.

Objective: Student will be able to accurately recognize and draw shapes such as triangles,
quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes 4 out of 5 times during camp during the lesson.

Assessment plan: Invite students to draw a triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon and a
cube one shape at a time and write one thing they learned about each shape on the poster paper
next to the shape itself. Make sure all the students are given different shapes in random order.
So, no two students will draw the same shape at the same time. Students will circle a smiley,
confused, or a frown face at the end of the day.

Key vocabulary terms and definitions:

Triangle: Has 3 straight sides
Quadrilateral: Has 4 sides
Pentagon: Has 5 sides
Hexagon: Has 6 sides and angles
Cube: Has 6 equal, square-shaped sides

Materials: straws, tape, poster paper, crayons, shape book

Differentiation/Accommodations:
Support: Move the disruptive students to another table with one teacher so they will not be
distracting to the other students who are working.

Behavioral Expectations:
Students will raise their hand
when they want to ask or
answer a question or talk.
Management Decisions
Transitions from place Fast Finishers:
to place or between Have students draw on a separate
activities: piece of paper what they like to do
Brain break as needed in the summer or places they like
to visit.
Attention Signal (Regain Material Management: Grouping:
Student Focus) “1, 2, 3, eyes Teachers will pass out None
on me…1, 2, eyes on you” all needed materials.
Lesson Sequence
Time What the teacher is doing What the students are doing
5 Gain Attention/Activate prior knowledge: Students will
min  Anna will be taking pictures and will a support teacher. explore the shape
 Samantha will be observing the students and taking book
notes.
 Show students shape book

20 Input & Modeling: Students will repeat

min Teacher will say triangle and point to a triangle on the board and the name of the
the teacher will ask students to repeat the word “triangle”. Then shape after the
the teacher will say a triangle is (Give a friendly children teacher.
definition). Then the teacher will use the word triangle in a
sentence. Then engage the student actively with the word: Finish Students will say
the idea/Choices/Question. Example: A shape that has three sides definitions of each
is......(triangle). If someone draw this shape what kind of shape shape
would you say this is?( triangle)
Students will raise
((Do the same thing for all the shapes)) [Children can write the their hands to
definitions in their notebook if they have one] answer questions.

10 Guided practice: Students will raise

min Teacher will use tapes and straws and in a table both the teacher their hands to
and the student will work together to make a desirable shape. answer questions.
Teacher will first have one student tell us how many sides the Students will come
shape has and another student will put it together. up to help make
((Do the same thing for all the shapes)) shapes on table with
teachers.

20 Independent practice: Student will draw

min Each student will receive a poster paper and they will decide if their shapes on
they want to paint or color inside of each of the shapes that the poster.
teacher is going to tell them to draw on their poster. Circle, Student will ask the
rectangle, square and triangle. Make sure all the students are teacher for a
giving different shapes in random order. So no two students will different shape
draw the same shape at the same time. when they are done
with one.
5 Closure/Summary: Students will raise
min Ask students what new shapes they learned about today. Have their hand and
students share what their favorite shapes are. share.

Items to be collected as a result of this lesson: Students individual poster paper to keep
until the next lesson.