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A Recent Lesson |
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| We in room 205 wanted to
share a recent lesson that we did on shapes. Below you can
see the objectives of our lesson, the website that we used
and an accompanying worksheet that the students used. If you have any questions about the lesson or future lessons, please either email me (my email can be found on the Meet The Teacher page) or when you next see us in class |
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| Unit Topic or Theme: |
Math |
| Grade: |
Second
grade |
| Lesson Topic or Theme: |
2D Shape
Identification |
| Lesson Objectives: (The student will be able to ....) |
By the end of the lesson
the student will be able to: Identify key shapes and
their properties, Square, triangle, circle,
rectangle, pentagon, hexagon and oval Draw the key shapes |
| Instructional Technique: (group work, debate, discussion, lecture, experiment, demonstration, etc.) |
Watch an informative video
on the projector Individual work on
computer with a worksheet in front of them to keep them
on task |
| Instructional Materials: (provide specific bibliographic information and/or copies of handouts, instructional sheets etc.) |
Materials needed to lead
this class are: Overhead projector to show
video to whole class, Worksheet to guide
students to the shape website and for to write the names
of shapes Use rulers for closing
activity |
| Theoretical Perspective: Academic rationalism. Why is this information important for your students to learn. (content focus of the lesson) |
It is important for
students to be able to identify shapes because they are
the fundamentals of mathematics and an important part of
cognitive learning. Students recognize shapes
in their everyday environment, and even identify them
before letters and numbers. They also help with
recognition of everyday objects as a collection shapes.
Example: an 8 can be identified as two circles on top of
each other. Shapes are symbols and
once learned, can help students learn other symbols such
as letters. Sorting, classifying and
organization skills |
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Procedure:
(As a teacher, what will you and the students do.) |
The introduction activity
for this lesson is using |
| B. Step-by-step (descriptive outline) |
The core of this lesson is
using Shape
Game combined with a guiding worksheet Distribute the worksheet
to each student The worksheet has a step
by step guide to help students find the website The website should be
already bookmarked on the student’s computers to aid
this process Have students identify the
shapes/objects that are included in the game on their
worksheet |
| C. Closure |
The closure of this lesson
is: Put students into small
groups of three or four and pass out rulers. Make sure
that each group has enough rulers to make each shape. Using the rulers, have the
students physically make the shapes, as the teacher
calls them out Once the groups have made
four shapes, have them join with another group and make
the shapes again but larger Continue making the shapes
and combining groups until the whole class is working
together to make each shape |
| D. Adaptations for different learners (i.e. non-native speakers, struggling readers or math phobic learners, students with poor study skills) |
Our lesson doesn’t need
many adaptations because students will be interested and
interactive in this lesson. They use the computers to
play a game and also it is a hands on lesson with the
rulers. The homework is like a scavenger hunt to find
the shapes so they will be excited to complete it. We
made sure the lesson was simple and inclusive for
everyone in the classroom. However some adaptations
could be: The teacher can go around
and help anyone who needs it If students have a hard
time with physical activity, they could give direction
to a partner |
| E. Homework |
The homework that will
accompany this lesson is: Look around the student’s
home and find three objects Draw the three objects on
a plain piece of paper Identify the shapes within
each object and color in the shapes |
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Evaluation: How/
when will you determine if you have met your objectives? Please list each of
your stated objectives for the lesson. Then
demonstrate how you will document successful
completion for each. |
We will determine that the
students have met our objectives with the closing
activity, by allowing them to physically make the
shapes, we are able to see that the students understand
how they are composed. |
| Worksheet
|
Name:
_____________________________ Date:__________________ Instructions to get to
website Click Google Chrome Click the three lines next
to the search bar Click “Bookmarks” Click the link that says
“Shapes” Click the link that says
“Click for full screen” Once the web page loads,
click start and read through the first slide When you are done reading,
click the arrow and start the activity Answer the provided
questions as you are doing the activity Questions What is the first shape
you have to pick? ___________________________________ Describe the three objects
that are circular. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ What is the second shape
you have to pick?
___________________________________ Describe the three objects
that are square. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ What is the third shape
you have to pick?
___________________________________ Describe the three objects
that are triangular. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ What are the shapes you
need to find in the next scene? Name one other oval shape
you see in the classroom
Name one other rectangle
shape you see in the classroom
Name one object, besides a
school bus, that is constructed of more than one shape
BONUS: Name and describe
the properties of one shape not mentioned in the
activity |