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Jenny and Tonya

Lesson Plan

Due: October 16, 1996

TOPIC: Communication, Geometry, and Spatial Sense

GRADE LEVEL: 2 - 3

OBJECTIVES: Students will recognize, draw, and describe geometric figures. Students will interpret positional words.

MATERIALS: "Shapes" poem, attribute pieces, Shape Art" worksheet

LESSON:

ANTICIPATORY SET: Teacher reads the poem UShapes. from the book, A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein.

CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT: Distribute shapes to each she Read the poem "shapes" again. Direct students to arrange their attribute pieces like the shapes in the poem. Read the poem until all studerts have their pieces arranged. Distribute copies of the Shape Art" worksheet. Have students draw/copy their arrangements on the worksheet. Have students discuss their drawings with peers. Encourage them to justify why their arrangement is correct. Students can decide whose arrangement (from their table) best describes the poem Show students the real picture from A Light in the Attic. Have students answer the rest of the questions on the act sheet. Have a class discussion about students' result Ask:

Who's pictures were chosen as the best representation of the poem?

How was your picture similar/dfflerent from the real picture?

Was it the best representation after all?

Did anyone change their minds about which picture was the best after the real picture was shown? Why?

What else did you discover about your pictures?

PRACTICE Supply students with other shapes, not included in the attribute sets e.g. pentagon, hexagon, eta Have students write poems or stories using Me shapes. Encourage them to considerAndude the shapes' attributes in their work. Have students share their poems with the class Students can illustrate each other's poems.

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