WHAT DOES THE SHAPE SAY?!
INTRODUCTION
We all know and love the song "What does the fox say?!" Do do do do. It goes something like that. If you are like me, you probably do not love this song. It gets stuck in your head for hours and it's pretty hard to get it out of your head. BUT, the kids love it! Going off this, I was thinking about how I always personally struggled with geometry in school. I came across this really creative and engaging way to help introduce shapes and basic geometry concepts to students at the elementary level!
WHAT DOES THE SHAPE SAY?!
The next step of this lesson would be these super cute little attribute booklets. The students would then have to write about the properties of each shape. This is a great way for students to combine writing and math together for a cross-curriculum power house lesson! I think the next modification to this lesson would be students being able to identify shapes that don't look like the typical prototype in their head and the typical shapes shown. This would be a great way to check for understanding from the students
COMMON CORE STANDARDS
1.G.A.1 Reason with shapes and their attributes.
Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g. triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g. color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes
PERSONAL REFLECTION
I LOVE this lesson! I think the kids will really relate to this and it's a great way to combine both math and writing. I also think it's extremely visual and gets students interacting with shapes. I can't wait to use this with my students.
We all know and love the song "What does the fox say?!" Do do do do. It goes something like that. If you are like me, you probably do not love this song. It gets stuck in your head for hours and it's pretty hard to get it out of your head. BUT, the kids love it! Going off this, I was thinking about how I always personally struggled with geometry in school. I came across this really creative and engaging way to help introduce shapes and basic geometry concepts to students at the elementary level!
WHAT DOES THE SHAPE SAY?!
This lesson would first start out with playing the song for the kids! Then after this, the teacher and students would work together to create an interactive chart like the one above. This would help students identify properties of various shapes. It is also fun and interactive and can get students up and moving around the classroom.
The next step of this lesson would be these super cute little attribute booklets. The students would then have to write about the properties of each shape. This is a great way for students to combine writing and math together for a cross-curriculum power house lesson! I think the next modification to this lesson would be students being able to identify shapes that don't look like the typical prototype in their head and the typical shapes shown. This would be a great way to check for understanding from the students
COMMON CORE STANDARDS
1.G.A.1 Reason with shapes and their attributes.
Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g. triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g. color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes
PERSONAL REFLECTION
I LOVE this lesson! I think the kids will really relate to this and it's a great way to combine both math and writing. I also think it's extremely visual and gets students interacting with shapes. I can't wait to use this with my students.
Hi Mackenzie, this is such a great resource !
ReplyDeleteSimple, creative and informative lesson. I think it is also a great method to use with students to help them relate the lesson to real world outside of classroom objects. For example while students are out with their parents/guardians students can refer to their book as they come across objects and they would be continuously learning of ways to identify shapes. Since it is so important for students to be able to relate math with real world this can be a great introduction! I also agree this can combine teachings of writing and math. Great way to introduce students about the importance of verbal expression even within mathematics.! Great post as always.