Lesson Plan Format

Class: Kindergarten

Date: 18/6/14

Key Learning Area: Mathematics

Lesson Topic: Making 2D shapes

Time: 45 mins

Recent Prior Experience

Identified and named circle, triangle, square, rectangle
Started to describe the shapes features e.g. curved, 4 sides, 3 corners.
Syllabus Outcome(s):
MAe-15MG manipulates, sorts and describes
representations of two-dimensional shapes, including
circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles, using
everyday language.

Behaviour management:

Indicators of Learning for this lesson:

By the end of this lesson, the students will:
Describe the 4 shapes features
Make a shape and write a sentence about its
features

Assessment:
Observe Ss are able to:
Describe a square, rectangle,
triangle and circles features
using language like curved,
straight, sides, corners
Create a shape using given
materials
Write sentence about created
shapes features.

Resources:

Clapping

bag of shapes cardboard cut outs of a square, triangle, circle, rectangle

1,2,3 eyes on me

pencils

Are you listening? (yes I am)

Resources to make shapes: pipe cleaners, sticks, straws, string

Hands up
Special stickers

IWB images of different shapes

NSW Mathematics syllabus

Students Maths books

James: - sit in his spot on the floor

-

Fiddle toys to play with

Back to desk if too distracted

LESSON SEQUENCE
Lesson Content / Indicators of Learning
(What is Taught):

Timing
(mins)

Teaching Strategies / Learning Experiences:

(How it is taught)

Resources and
Organisation:

INTRODUCTION
Describe the 4 shapes features

15

Mental warm up: larger or smaller

T holds up two cards with numbers on them
Ss say which is larger/smaller
T what is another number even larger/smaller

Number cards

Discussion
T introduce learning intention: making and describing 2d
shapes
Think/pair/share
- Yesterday we talked about 4 shapes and we started to
use words to describe them
Ss tell the person next to them the 4 shapes and
something about that shape
- Put hand up and say a shape and a word to describe it
T write features on IWB alongside picture of
corresponding shape
Bag of shapes
T choose a S
S put hand into bag and pick a shape
- Keep hand inside bag and feel the shape
- Describe the features of the shape to the class
- Guess what the shape is
DEVELOPMENT

Bag of cardboard shapes

Describe the 4 shapes features

25

Make a shape and write a sentence

about its features

Activity:
T explain you can see anything here to make a shape
Then write a sentence
I made a ___________.
It has ____________ sides.
T model with pipe cleaners to make a sqare
I made a square. It has 4 sides that are the same length.
T Step 1: pick a shape to make
Step 2: pick something to make it with and make it
Step 3: write a sentence about it
Do this with as many shapes as you can
Ss go back to desk to complete activity
T rove to support
- Take pictures of their creations
Extension for early finishers
- Write similarities and differences about the shapes
- E.g. a square is similar to a rectangle because it has 4
straight sides. A square is different to a rectangle
because its sides are all the same. A rectangle has
two long sides and two short sides.

CLOSURE
Describe the 4 shapes features
5
Make a shape and write a sentence
about its features

T choose 3 students to share their creation and sentences.

Resources to
make shapes:
pipe cleaners,
straws, sticks,
string, blue
tac
Maths books
on tables
Whiteboard
and marker to
write
sentence
structure