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Shapes in Our World

Description: 

In this unit, students will review names of shapes and positional words. They will also identify shapes as they appear in the environment. This is an adaptation to Kindergarten Everyday Math lessons 5-4 and 5-5.

Link: 
Shapes in Our World
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZskigVa6tAfAr0gXssqWboOHVS9gTE17ppCWG-kQuIE/edit
Author: 
LisaT
Content Area: 
Mathematics
Geometry
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Unit
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
K

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

1. Day 1 - Review shape names, attributes and positional words.

2. Display a picture in Seesaw and, as a group, find shapes in it. Together, name and describe each shape, as well as its position.

3. Guide with questions such as: What shape do you see? What object does it represent? Where is the shape?

4. Have a variety of pictures in Seesaw. Have students draw the shapes over the parts of the pictures where a shape is found. (ex., draw a circle around the sun or draw a rectangle over the frame of the door on a house.) Have students post this to their journal in Seesaw for assessment.

 

5. Magazines and books will be left out for students to take their own pictures using an iPad in Seesaw and their friends can try to find and draw the shapes.

6. Additional pictures and blank paper are put in a center as invitations to continue this investigation.

 

7. Day 2 - Review shapes and discuss where we may find these same shapes in our school.

8. With iPads, students work in pairs to  go on a shapes walk through the school stopping to take pictures of shapes in our environment.

9. Play I Spy with Shapes (ex., “I spy a rectangle above the counter.”)

10. Assign a GooseChase “Shapes in our Environment” scavenger hunt. Students will go in groups with iPads and send pictures in the GooseChase app to earn points. (This can be extended to students finding shapes at home if parents download the app on their phone.)

 

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

It is important that students are comfortable getting into their journal in Seesaw independently.