Lesson Plan

Day: Friday
Primary

Date: 11/09/2015 Time: 20 min Year: Pre-

Learning Area: Mathematics Topic: Shapes

Curriculum content description: Sort, describe and name familiar
two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the environment
(ACMMG009)

Students prior knowledge and experience:

It is expected that students have seen the shapes already.

Learning purpose:

sorting and describing squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, spheres

and cubes.

Learning objectives:

Evaluation:

On completion of this lesson,

students will be able to:

With the activities and questioning about the

shapes students were pretty sure to
recognize them and draw.

Recognize basic shapes i.e. square,

triangle, rectangle and circle.

Preparation and Resources:

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White boards
Markers
Tissues
Pointer

Catering for diversity

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Simple instructions
No more than one instruction at a time.
Feedback there and then

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Learning Experiences:
1. Introduction:
- Roll call by teacher
- Students will be asked

to take the white boards, marker and

tissues.

2. Sequence of learning experiences:

- I will ask the students if they know any names of shapes. I will also
inquire about where they see different shapes around their homes or outside. I
will also give examples of my own. (Examples: lights on a traffic light,
television sets, buildings, etc.)
- I will then say to the class the following: "Today we will be learning about 4
basic shapes- circles, squares, triangles, rectangles. We see these
different shapes everyday, and it is very important for us to recognize these
shapes. We will be counting the sides and corners of each shape. By doing
this, we will be able to identify the shape name.
- we will learn about circles. Circles are round. Can anyone give me an
example of a circle object in your house? What about in our classroom?
Circles do not have straight edges or corners. (I will then make the large
circle on the board)
Next we will learn about squares. There are many
squares in our everyday life. Can anyone think of an object that has a square
shape? Squares have four straight sides that are all the same length, or size. (I
will make a square on the board. We are in a squared room right now. There are four
corners in this room.
Next, we will learn about rectangles. Rectangles are almost like
squares, but their sides are not all the same size. (I will make a rectangle
on the board)
Next, we will learn about triangles. Triangles have three
sides. (I will make a triangle on the board)

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3. Lesson conclusion:

I will give the feedback and ask few questions about the
shapes to check whether they can recognize the shapes or
not.

Lesson Evaluation:

By the end of lesson students very familiar with shapes and can draw the
shapes. Lesson goes really well. Kids were listening and performing the
activities very well.

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