Plane Geometric Shapes Monday :)

       For our Partnership class, we were required to create a week's worth of lesson plans for one subject of our choosing. We collaborated with our cooperating teacher and decided what we would be teaching for that week in that particular subject. I choose the subject, Math and decided that during that week, I would be teaching plane geometric shapes.
       So last Monday, I started my lessons. I had the students watch a you tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htcuPenTg38&feature=related. This video introduced the shapes and the number of sides and corners each has, with the exception of the oval and diamond.
      Then, I held a discussion of the shapes using visuals of the six shapes (oval, circle, square, diamond, rectangle, triangle, and diamond) and the names of the shapes wrote on index cards. I introduced how many sides, vertices (corners, square corners) each shape has. I also introduced vocabulary words such as geometric figures, plane geometric figure, right angle, square corner, corner, vertices, and side.

      Next, I provided sandwich baggies with the six shapes in them. I called out a shape or the shape's characteristics, and the student would dig in their bag and hold up the shape they believe is correct. This activity was for me to formally assess the students to see if they have some understanding of the shapes and it's characteristics.
      Finally, I had students complete a worksheet with me. The worksheet had the students trace each shape carefully, while we determined how many sides and corners each shape had. Having the students trace each shape, helped me stress to he students how important it is to make these shapes accurate. For example, a square needs to be drawn so that all four sides are equal. As for a rectangle, the students needed to make sure they knew that two sides were longer than the other.