Grace Bathon
B1_LP1
Rickles ED101
10/14/2005
Shapes Lesson Plan
Topic: Shapes; specifically from the books The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns and
The Silly Story of Goldie Locks and the Three Squares by Grace Maccarone
Content: I intend to cover the scope of shapes in my lesson. The kids will learn about
shapes, their names, and the number of sides each has:
Triangle -- 3-sided polygon
Quadrilateral -- 4-sided polygon
Pentagon -- 5-sided polygon
Hexagon -- 6-sided polygon
Octagon—8-sided polygon
Nonagon -- 9-sided polygon
Decagon -- 10-sided polygon
Circle – has no sides, and is never ending
The children will able to listen to a story about shapes, relate art, literature, real life, and
mathematical equations to shapes. They will learn that they can learn about the same
thing in many different ways. The kids will learn about working in groups, creating there
own shapes, and identifying shapes all around them.
Goals: As a result of this lesson, students will have the opportunity to recognize various
shapes, relate those shapes to objects in the real world, and form their own shapes on
geoboards, on paper, and or on the computer.
Objectives/Skills students will acquire:
1) To listen to story telling and relate the story to math and to real-life.
2) To discuss what they heard and listen to each other as they respond.
3) To name shapes by their mathematical name and know the number of sides each
has.
4) To recognize shapes in the real world.
5) To realize they can use many different medias to learn about the same thing –
technological as well as concrete mediums in the classroom (books, computers,
paper and pen etc)
6) To begin to think about angles and what they mean.
Technology, materials and aids:
 The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
 The Silly Story of Goldie Locks and the Three Squares by Grace Maccarone
 Geoboards
 Rubber bands
 Paper (many types)
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Pencils, markers, crayons etc
At least at one computer that a small group can work at
Procedures/methods:
a. Introduction: Ask the class what a shape is. Ask them to point out things that
are shapes in the classroom. Have them make a list in small groups.
b. Development: After I have let them have a short discussion, tell them we will
be talking about shapes today for our math portion of class. Now, write down the things
that they have written down in groups, on the chalkboard.
c. Activities: Tell the kids we are going to read a story about shapes, tell them we
want to think about the shapes we have already talked about as we read. Read The
Greedy Triangle, stopping throughout to check for comprehension. Have them interact as
I read, let them raise their hands to point out shapes in the book, ask if they are thinking
of other shapes that are not in the book that relate. After reading the book, tell the class
we are going to make our own shapes. We will use geoboards and rubber bands initially
and move to drawing, and website use in small groups at the end, so they will get a lot of
practice in the classroom.
d. Homework: I will give the students a copy of The Silly Story of Goldie Locks
and the Three Squares by Grace Maccarone to read at home. Have them ask each of their
family members what their favorite shape is and bring in a list the next day.
Evaluation: In class the next morning have the kids write a paragraph about shapes, what
they remember from The Greedy Triangle and from The Silly Story of Goldie Locks and
the Three Squares. This will test how much information they retained (part of reading
comprehension) and see if they understood the names of shapes and the correlation to the
number of sides each has. I could also give out geoboards again and have them play with
them, or they could draw to see if they understand the material concretely.
Technology:
I. If the computer in the room has an art program like “Paint” (which comes with
Windows on PCs) that could be one of the activities the kids could do to create shapes
together in small groups. They can also explore my website to learn about shapes and
work on that together as well. I would also use an overhead projector with the shapes and
their names and number of sides written on a transparency.
II. Massachusetts State Standards for Student Technology Use for Pre K-4 my lesson will
cover:
 Standard 1.2: Use correct terminology for basic components of a
computer system (e.g. monitor, keyboard, disk, printer, mouse), and
develop understanding of their basic functions
 Standard 1.7: Collaborate with classmates to use teacher-selected
Websites.
 Standard 1.10: Explore the use of drawing and painting applications
for class projects (at teacher’s discretion).