Shape Up

A. Wills
Multiple Subject Teacher

This lesson will allow students to demonstrate knowledge of various grade appropriate shapes.

Grade Level: 1 - 3rd

Subject: Math

Length of Time: 15-20 Minutes

Common Core Alignment

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.G.A.1 - Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces.¹ Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.

Objectives & Outcomes

Students will create shapes using pipe cleaners to show knowledge of grade appropriate shapes.

Materials Needed

Pipe cleaners (or play dough)

Procedure

Opening to Lesson

Ask students to name as many shapes as they can.
Ask if they can draw each shape as it is named.
List the shapes on a board or large sheet of paper as they are named.

Body of Lesson

Give students several pipe cleaners to use in this activity.
Tell students that you will point to and name a shape that is written on the board and you want them to make that shape with their pipe cleaners.
Explain that when they are finished they are to hold their shape up.

Closing

Have students hold each shape up as it is complete.
Allow students to see what they can create with the pipe cleaners after the activity is complete.

Assessment & Evaluation

The students will accurately create five of seven given shapes using pipe cleaners or another medium.

Modification & Differentiation

Special needs students may be given extended time or fewer shapes.

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