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Content: First Grade Geometry Lesson #2 Time: 45 minutes

A. Standards-
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.G.A.2
Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles,
and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right
circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose
new shapes from the composite shape.
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CCSS.SL.1.A.
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and
texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. Follow agreed-upon rules for
discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and
texts under discussion)
National Content Standard
Using own knowledge, appropriate early learning standards, and other resources to
design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum
for each child.
I. Early Learning in Mathematics SPA Standard
2. Children begin to develop skills of comparing and classifying
objects, relationships and events in their environment. (HSCOF-M 3.2.4, 3.2.1, 3.3.1,
3.3.2, 3.3.3)
3. Children begin to develop the ability to seek out and to recognize patterns in everyday
life. (no HSCOF)

B. Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions
-What shapes do you see in this picture?
-Are real life animals made up of shapes?
-How many shapes make up this picture?
-What shapes do we see often in our environment?
-Recognizing that shapes make up the structure of objects in our environment.

C. Objectives- Students will be able to use 2D shapes to compose a new shape.

D. Real World Connection- Recognizing that shapes make up the structure of objects in
our environment.

II. Assessment:
A. Formative Assessment: By observing the students answers when I ask questions
while I read the book. I will keep track by pulling name sticks to make sure I have called
on everyone. I will have a chart with all the students names on it, and I will mark a
check if they answered correctly, or an X if they were struggling for my own knowledge.

B. Summative Assessment (Can be turned into Formative): Student rubric. Students
will create an object that they have seen in their environment out of shapes given to them.
They will be able to redo or fix their completed object so they can learn from any error
they make. This is a self-evaluation.






III. Instruction:
A. Anticipatory Set: Quickly have the kids walk around the classroom looking
specifically for objects that are made up of shapes. When they find one, they can either
bring it to the carpet or stand by it. They can each share what shape(s) their object
contains. When everyone has shared, gather at the carpet.

B. Instructional Activities-
1. Go through book, Shape Zoo by Lois Ehlert. Ask: What shapes do you see in this
picture? Are real life animals made up of shapes? How many shapes make up this
picture?
2. Pull up pictures on Elmo to recognize shapes in real life pictures.
3. Turn and talk with a partner about what shapes you see in each picture.
4. Model an example of an object that I have recreated using shapes.
5. Have them compose an object of choice they have seen in our environment from
shapes.

i. Choices- Children have the choice of what they find in our classroom, the partner they
turn and talk with, the construction paper color, and the object they re-create with shapes.
ii. Higher Level Cognition- Have these children cut out their shapes. In each shape they
use in their picture, have them write how many sides it has. Create a layered shape
picture like the examples in the book. I could also have them write a few sentences about
the scene they created with shapes.
iii. Lower Level Cognition/ELL- Give them felt shapes that are present in the book to
hold up when I ask questions like, What shapes do you see? Instead of having students
try to think of an object to re-create, give them a choice of pictures to choose from to re-
create with shapes. This helps them if they struggle with creating something on their own.
iiii. Technology- Elmo

C. Materials
- Shape Zoo by Lois Ehlert
-Real pictures
-Construction Paper
-Pre-cut shapes
-Glue

D. Gradual Release Techniques-
Teacher- Reads book, asks questions, and shows how pictures can be made up of shapes.
We- Shows examples of real life pictures and together try to figure out what shapes could
make up the objects in the picture.
Students- Create any object they choose that can be found in our environment with
shapes.

E. Closure- Take a few minutes to summarize that shapes can be found in everything we
encounter on a daily basis. If time permits, have the students share their pictures. Take
pictures of their creations and post them on the class Wiki for everyone to see.

IV. Reflection: I would like to come up with ways to incorporate more technology.

A. What will they and I do next and why? We will start to build 3D objects and talk
about fractions. I will teach them how shapes can be divided into 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4.


Student Rubric


Understood I think I can do better!
I use more than two shapes to construct a
new shape.
I use less than two shapes to construct a new
shape.
I can identify by name the shapes I used to
create a new shape.
I cannot identify all of the shapes I used to
create the new shape.
My creation resembles something that is
seen in the environment. I can identify what
object I am trying to recreate.
My creation does not resemble something
that is seen in the environment. I cannot
identify what I was trying to recreate. I just
made a random new shape out of shapes.