Plane Geometric Shapes Monday :)

Shape egg hunt day!!!

I prepared 124 Easter eggs with slips of paper. On the paper, there was either one of the six shapes, the name of one of the six shapes, or environmental pictures the resembled one of the six shapes. A friend and I went and hid all of the eggs out on the playground.

I began the lesson with the story Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh. Then we reviewed the shapes, characteristics, and names of each shape. Then I partnered up the students with another student and provided them with a bag. The students went out on the playground and raced to find all of the eggs.

When the students found all of the eggs and headed back inside, I had them find a place in the classroom, with their partner,open up all of the eggs and lay out the slips of paper. They would group the slips of paper according to characteristics. Once students were done, I went around and checked each group to make sure they understood the shapes and their characteristics.

Tomorrow, I will have the students complete the Post-Assessment test.

Plane Geometric Shapes Thursday :)

Today, our review started as an 'I Spy Shapes Game'. I started off being the 'I Spy' person. I chose an object that was shaped in one of the six shapes and described to the students what I spied. The students would go and choose an object that they believed matched my characteristics. The students shared what they found.

Next, I created a matching game. Within each groups bag, I included the six shapes, the names of the shapes, and environmental pictures of objects that resembled the shapes. The students were in pairs and completed this matching game. When they were finished, they had an egg coloring page to complete.

Then, I had the students return to their seats and complete the "Flat Shapes" worksheet.

Plane Geometric Shapes Wednesday

Today we were going to construct the shapes using marshmallows and toothpicks. We started off reviewing the shapes and their names. We played with the geoboards and I had the students to start by creating any shape they wanted on their board. When they were finished, I had the students count their sides and corners of their shape they created. This helped them distinguish what a corner and side is on a shape. Next, I called out a shape and they had to create their shape on the geoboard and I chose someone to tell me some of the characteristics of that shape.

Next, we moved on to creating the shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. The students created all six shapes that we had been learning. When they finished building their shapes, I came around and checked them.

The last activity I had the students do, was to complete a worksheet, called "Round and Round".

-One thing I would have changed about the marshmallow activity, was to already have the toothpicks and marshmallows in separate bags for each student. It took up a lot of time passing everything out.