Teaching Shapes

T E A C H I N G G U I D E
TEACHING
Shapes
Set I
Kindergarten Reading Level
ISBN 978-0-8225-1933-1 Violet
T E A C H I N G S H A P E S S E T I 2
Standards
Mathematics • Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of geometry.
• Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis.
Language Arts • Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process.
Reading • Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media.
Language Arts • Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process.
Writing
Language Arts • Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
Listening and
Speaking
Life Skills • Displays effective interpersonal communication skills.
Visual Arts • Understands the merits of one’s own artwork and the artwork of others.
Multiple Intelligences Utilized
• Linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal
Books in the Shapes Set I series
include:
Circle
Rectangle
Square
Triangle
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Read
(teacher, class)
• Read Shapes Set I books.
Discuss
(class)
• What are the basic characteristics of each shape? (For
example, how many sides and corners does each
shape have? How long are the sides?)
• What did you see in the Circle book? What did you
see in the Triangle book? What did you see in the
Square book? What did you see in the Rectangle
book?
Predict
(pairs, class)
• In pairs or small groups, discuss where you might see
shapes around the school.
• Walk around the school to find shapes.
• Walk outside the school to see what shapes you find
there. (optional)
• Talk about the shapes you see.
Practice
(student)
• Glue paper shapes to a piece of construction paper
and with crayons, make a picture of something you
saw inside or outside your school.
Discuss
(student, class)
• Take turns presenting your pictures to the class,
naming the shapes you used.
• Compare your picture to those of your classmates.
• How many circles (or squares, rectangles, etc.) do you
see? Whose picture has the most triangles, etc?
• Display pictures around the room or on a bulletin
board.
Evaluate
(teacher)
• Use Project Evaluation Form p. 9 to evaluate each
student’s drawing and description.
Lesson 1
Drawing with Shapes
Purpose: Students will draw pictures, using shapes as
the basis for their drawings.
Objectives
• Name four basic shapes.
• Associate objects with shapes.
• Complete a picture using four different shapes.
• Describe a drawing.
• Create objects from shapes.
• Compare two or more drawings.
Activity Procedures
Prepare
(teacher)
• Cut out paper shapes of varying sizes and colors.
• Copy one Project Evaluation Form p. 9 for each
student.
• Before the drawing activity, pass out five paper
shapes, one piece of construction paper, crayons, and
a glue stick to each student.
Pretest
(class)
• Name some shapes that you know.
• What shapes do you see around the classroom?
• What objects look like circles? Squares? Triangles?
Rectangles?
Materials
• Shapes Set I books
• construction paper
shapes of different
colors
• construction paper
• glue sticks
• crayons
• Project Evaluation
Form p. 9
T E A C H I N G S H A P E S S E T I 3
T E A C H I N G S H A P E S S E T I 4
Read
(teacher, students)
• Read Shapes Set I books.
Discuss
(class)
• Talk about the shapes in the books, and name
objects that are a specific shape.
• Name objects in the classroom or objects at home
that are the same shape.
Practice
(student, pairs)
• Color and cut out the shapes on Shapes p. 10.
• In pairs sitting back-to-back, take turns describing a
shape and guessing what shape your partner is
describing.
• Partners guessing the shape may draw the shape
being described instead of guessing out loud.
(optional)
Evaluate
(class)
• What was easy about describing or guessing the
shapes? What was hard?
• How could the guessing game be changed?
• How could the guessing game be used for other
purposes?
Lesson 2
Guess What Shape
I Am
Purpose: Students will use speaking and listening skills
to describe and guess shapes.
Objectives
• Recall the names of shapes.
• Explain the characteristics of four basic shapes.
• Translate oral information into spatial
representations.
• Distinguish shapes from one another.
• Choose the shape that is described.
• Recommend how a process could be used in a
different situation.
Activity Procedures
Prepare
(teacher)
• Copy one Shapes p. 10 for each student.
• Cut out large construction paper shapes.
Pretest
(teacher, class)
• Hold up construction paper shapes one by one and
have students name each shape.
• Describe the basic characteristics of each shape
(number of corners, number of sides, etc.).
Materials
• Shapes Set I books
• Shapes p. 10
• paper
• pencils
• crayons
• scissors
• large construction
paper shapes (one
each of a square,
triangle, rectangle,
and circle)
Pretest
(teacher, class)
• Review colors by asking students to stand up if they
are wearing something yellow (or red, blue, green,
orange, etc.).
• One by one, point to each shape to review shapes.
Read
(teacher, class)
• Read Shapes Set I books.
Discuss
(class)
• Review the characteristics of each shape.
• Name objects that are each shape.
• Discuss the rules and process of playing Bingo.
Practice
(student, teacher, class)
• Draw a circle in one of the boxes at the top of the
Bingo Card p. 11. Next, draw a square, triangle, and
rectangle in each of the remaining boxes of that row.
• Color one box in each column red, blue, yellow, and
green. (Teacher, show students the sample card as an
example, emphasizing randomness.)
• Pass out Bingo chips.
• Select one or two students to be the callers. The
callers will spin the color and shape spinners, calling
out the shape and color.
• Select a student to act as the assistant caller. The
assistant should mark each turn on the Master Sheet.
• Play Bingo by looking for the corresponding
shape/color combinations called out. Mark your
Bingo cards with chips. The assistant caller will mark
the Master Sheet.
• Verify winning cards against Master Sheet.
Evaluate
(teacher)
• Observe students’ ability to identify shapes and
colors.
Lesson 3
Shapes Bingo
Purpose: Students will recognize shapes by sight and
by name.
Objectives
• Name shapes.
• Identify shapes by sight.
• Employ knowledge of colors and shapes to play a
game.
• Distinguish between a number of shapes and colors.
• Create a game card using symbols and colors.
• Validate the accuracy of an answer.
Activity Procedures
Prepare
(teacher)
• Copy one Bingo Card p. 11 for each student.
• Copy one of each Bingo Spinner p. 12.
• Color the colors spinner.
• Cut out each spinner piece and glue it to cardboard
or poster board.
• Attach arrows to spinners with brass fasteners.
• Copy one Master Sheet p. 13.
• Prepare one bingo card as an example.
Materials
• Shapes Set I books
• Bingo Card p. 11
• Bingo Spinners p. 12
• Master Sheet p. 13
• crayons
• pencils
• bingo chips
• scissors
• brass fasteners
• cardboard or poster
board
T E A C H I N G S H A P E S S E T I 5
T E A C H I N G S H A P E S S E T I 6
Read
(teacher, class)
• Read Shapes Set I books.
Model
(teacher, class)
• Using blocks, fruit, or paper shapes, demonstrate how
to make a pattern.
• Ask students to describe the pattern.
• On the board, begin a pattern using shapes.
• Ask students to describe and continue the pattern.
Practice
(student)
• Use manipulatives to create and talk about patterns.
• Use Repeat the Pattern p. 14 to extend patterns.
• Students will create their own patterns at the bottom
of the page.
• As a class, talk about the patterns. How are they
alike? How are they different?
Evaluation
(teacher)
• Evaluate students on the completeness and
correctness of Repeat the Pattern p. 14.
Extension
(pairs)
• On paper or using objects, begin a pattern.
• Have a partner continue the pattern.
Lesson 4
What Is a Pattern?
Purpose: Students will use shapes to repeat patterns
and to create their own patterns.
Objectives
• Recall shapes.
• Identify the shapes and colors in patterns.
• Describe patterns created with shapes.
• Apply knowledge of shapes to extend patterns.
• Create new patterns.
• Compare two or more patterns.
Activity Procedures
Prepare
(teacher)
• Copy one Repeat the Pattern p. 14 for each student.
• Collect blocks, fruit, and/or paper shapes.
• Line students up or seat them in a pattern (example,
boy, girl, boy, etc.).
Pretest
(student, pairs)
• Describe what a pattern is.
• Find patterns in the classroom (in fabric, in seating
arrangements, in pictures, etc.), and discuss.
Materials
• Shapes Set I books
• Repeat the Pattern
p. 14
• pencils
• crayons
• blocks, fruit, and/or
construction paper
shapes
Materials
• Find the Shape p. 15
• Shapes Graph p. 16
• crayons
• pencils
• paper
• Shapes Set I books
Practice
(student)
• Complete Find the Shape p. 15.
• On Shapes Graph p. 16, chart the number of squares,
triangles, rectangles, and circles found on Find the
Shape p. 15.
Evaluate
(teacher, class)
• As a class, talk about the graph, the number of each
shape found in the picture, which shape had the
highest number on the graph, etc.
• Check each student’s Find the Shape worksheet
p. 15 and Shapes Graph p. 16 for completeness and
understanding.
T E A C H I N G S H A P E S S E T I 7
Lesson 5
How Many Shapes?
Purpose: Students will identify shapes and create a
graph.
Objectives
• Count the number of shapes in a picture.
• Classify shapes by kind.
• Create a graph.
• Analyze a graph.
• Explain a graph.
• Compare the data in a graph.
Activity Procedures
Prepare
(teacher)
• Copy Find the Shape p. 15 for each student.
• Copy Shapes Graph p. 16 for each student.
Pretest
(student)
• Count the number of boys and girls in the class.
Model
(teacher)
• On the board, make a bar graph showing the
number of boys and girls in the class.
Read
(student, teacher)
• Read Shapes Set I books.
T E A C H I N G S H A P E S S E T I 8
BOOKS
Blackstone, Stella. Bear in a Square. Bristol, England:
Barefoot Books, 1998.
This rhyming preschool book introduces children to
shapes and patterns. Colorful artwork fills the pages.
Carle, Eric. My Very First Book of Shapes. New York:
Penguin Young Readers Group, 2005.
Students will delight in matching the shapes in this
illustrated book by renowned author/illustrator Eric
Carle.
DK Publishing Staff. Las formas/Shapes. London: DK
Publishing, Inc., 2004.
This bilingual shapes book will teach and reinforce
shape identification and vocabulary for both English
and native Spanish speakers.
Dr. Seuss. The Shape of Me and Other Stuff: Dr. Seuss’s
Surprising Word Book. New York: Beginner Books,
1973.
This book explores the unique shapes of animals and
familiar objects. Rhyming and whimsical.
Henkes, Kevin. Circle Dogs. New York: HarperCollins
Publishers, 2001.
This fun, illustrated book describes the life of two
circle dogs. Students will delight in identifying
various shapes throughout the book, while romping
along with these mischievous dogs.
Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. New York:
Greenwillow Books, 1986.
This wordless book features full-color shape-filled
photographs. Students will have fun naming the
many shapes they see on each page.
Hoban, Tana. So Many Circles, So Many Squares. New
York: Greenwillow Books, 1998.
This wordless picture book features color pictures of
circles and squares everywhere.
Kaczman, James. When a Line Bends . . . A Shape
Begins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
This illustrated rhyming book invites students to find
shapes on every page.
McMillan, Bruce. Fire Engine Shapes. New York:
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1988.
This preschool through first grade book features
close-up photographs of fire engine parts, focusing
on their geometrical shapes.
Additional Resources
WEBSITES
Create A Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
With the teacher’s help, students can create a
variety of graphs using this online tool.
Fun with Shapes
http://www.kidspsych.org/shapes.html
This interactive game reinforces students’ knowledge
of both colors and shapes. Students must click on
the puzzle piece that matches the shape highlighted
in a specified color to complete the puzzle.
Funschool – Preschool – The Crazy Pattern Machine
http://funschool.kaboose.com/preschool/games/
game_crazy_pattern_machine_the.html
This online interactive game requires students to
complete patterns. It has a range of difficulty levels,
and includes patterns of shapes, colors, numbers,
and lower case or upper case letters.
grapher
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/
mentalmaths/grapher.html
Students can create their own online bar graphs.
Let’s Play with Shapes!
http://www.akidsheart.com/threer/lvl1/shapes
.htm
This site has interactive shapes games, reproducible
shape stationary, and reproducible worksheets
perfect for students learning about basic shapes.
Pauly’s Games “Matching Shapes With Krog”
http://www.paulysplayhouse.com/paulys_playhouse/
games/krog_shapes.html
This site features a shapes matching game. Students
choose the shape that will fit into a hole of the
same shape.
Pre-School Library Presents Shapes
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/preschool
.asp?themeId=9
This kid-friendly site includes an online shapes story,
an interactive shapes game, a reproducible take-
home activity, and a reading list.
Sammy’s Shapes
http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/sammy/
page_4b.htm
This site features an online story about Sammy the
snake. Students can click the arrows to turn the
pages and name the shapes Sammy is making.
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Project Evaluation Form
Name
Date
5 = Excellent Work, Outstanding Effort
4 = Good Work, Good Effort
3 = Average Quality Work, Average Effort
2 = Work Needs Improvement, Less Than Average Effort
1 = Little Work, Little Effort
Creativity
(unique, interesting, thoughtful)
Quality of Ideas
(accurate information, complete, and thorough)
Presentation
(clear, neat, organized)
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Teaching Shapes Set I
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