A Lesson About ShapesGeorgia Performance Standards MKD1, MKG1, MKG3, MKP5 SKSC5

By Rosemary George

ECE8814/05

July 2005

Exploring Shapes• What is a Circle?• Let’s Find the Circles• Circles in Action• What is a Square?• Make a Pattern with Squares• What is a Triangle?• Do you see Triangles?• What is a Rectangle?• Ricky Rectangle said ~• Let’s Review Shapes• Make a Bar Graph with Shapes• Pie Graph of Shapes• Dress the Bear• Make Something with Shapes• Let’s Watch A Video “Shapes Around Us”• Great Shape Books to Read• Let’s Practice• Have Fun with Shapes in Your World

What is a Circle?

I am Cindy CircleWatch me turn round and round

And you will learnI’m not straight and I don’t bend

My outside edges never end!

Let’s Find the Circles

Circles in Action

What is a Square?

Sammy Square is my name

My four sides are just the same

Turn me around, I don’t care

I’m always the same,

I’m a Square!

Make a Pattern with Squares

What is a Triangle?

Tommy Triangle

Is the name for me

Count my sides

There’s only 1-2-3

Do You See Triangles?

Can you see some more?

What is a Rectangle?

Ricky Rectangle is my name

My four sides are not the same

Two are short

And two are long

Count my sides, come along!

Ricky Rectangle said ~2 are short

2 are long

Do you see the short sides and the long sides?

Let’s Review Shapes

ShapesShapes

Rectangle

Triangle

Circle

Square

Make a Graph with Shapes

Bar Graph of Shapes

0 2 4 6

Circle

Square

Triangle

Rectangle

Pie Graph of Shapes

CircleRectangle

Triangle Square

Pie Graph of Shapes

Dress the Bear

• http://www.billybear4kids.com/games/mix/dresbear/dressup.htm

Click on Bear

Make Something with Shapes

Let’s Watch A Video

Looking for Shapes Around

Us

http://www.gpb.org/public/education/index.jsp

Great Shape Books to Read

                                 

                 

                                

                             

                                 

                 

                                

        

                                

                  

                                

                  

Twizzlers,Shapes

and Patterns

by Jerry Pallotta

Sea Shapes

by Suse MacDonald

Brown Rabbits Shape Book

by Alan Baker

The Greedy Triangle

by Marilyn Burns

My First Book of Shapes

A Star In My Orange

by Dana Meachen Rau

Let’s Practice

Find the Pattern Blocks and create a

creature.

Use the paper shapes and create

a city.

Let’s go Outside and look for

Shapes!

Have Fun With Shapesin Your World

The End