T E A C H I N G G U I D E

TEACHING

ShapesSet I

Kindergarten Reading Level

ISBN 978-0-8225-1933-1 Violet

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StandardsMathematics • Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of geometry.

• Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis.

Language Arts • Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process.Reading • Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media.

Language Arts • Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process.Writing

Language Arts • Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.Listening and Speaking

Life Skills • Displays effective interpersonal communication skills.

Visual Arts • Understands the merits of one’s own artwork and the artwork of others.

Multiple Intelligences Utilized• Linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal

Books in the Shapes Set I seriesinclude:

CircleRectangleSquareTriangle

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Read(teacher, class)• Read Shapes Set I books.

Discuss (class)• What are the basic characteristics of each shape? (For

example, how many sides and corners does eachshape have? How long are the sides?)

• What did you see in the Circle book? What did yousee in the Triangle book? What did you see in theSquare book? What did you see in the Rectanglebook?

Predict(pairs, class)• In pairs or small groups, discuss where you might see

shapes around the school.• Walk around the school to find shapes.• Walk outside the school to see what shapes you find

there. (optional) • Talk about the shapes you see.

Practice(student)• Glue paper shapes to a piece of construction paper

and with crayons, make a picture of something yousaw inside or outside your school.

Discuss(student, class)• Take turns presenting your pictures to the class,

naming the shapes you used.• Compare your picture to those of your classmates.• How many circles (or squares, rectangles, etc.) do you

see? Whose picture has the most triangles, etc?• Display pictures around the room or on a bulletin

board.

Evaluate(teacher)• Use Project Evaluation Form p. 9 to evaluate each

student’s drawing and description.

Lesson 1 Drawing with ShapesPurpose: Students will draw pictures, using shapes asthe basis for their drawings.

Objectives• Name four basic shapes.• Associate objects with shapes.• Complete a picture using four different shapes.• Describe a drawing. • Create objects from shapes.• Compare two or more drawings.

Activity Procedures

Prepare (teacher) • Cut out paper shapes of varying sizes and colors.• Copy one Project Evaluation Form p. 9 for each

student.• Before the drawing activity, pass out five paper

shapes, one piece of construction paper, crayons, anda glue stick to each student.

Pretest(class)• Name some shapes that you know. • What shapes do you see around the classroom?• What objects look like circles? Squares? Triangles?

Rectangles?

Materials • Shapes Set I books• construction papershapes of differentcolors

• construction paper • glue sticks • crayons• Project EvaluationForm p. 9

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Read(teacher, students)• Read Shapes Set I books.

Discuss(class)• Talk about the shapes in the books, and name

objects that are a specific shape.• Name objects in the classroom or objects at home

that are the same shape.

Practice(student, pairs)• Color and cut out the shapes on Shapes p. 10.• In pairs sitting back-to-back, take turns describing a

shape and guessing what shape your partner isdescribing.

• Partners guessing the shape may draw the shapebeing described instead of guessing out loud.(optional)

Evaluate(class)• What was easy about describing or guessing the

shapes? What was hard?• How could the guessing game be changed?• How could the guessing game be used for other

purposes?

Lesson 2Guess What ShapeI AmPurpose: Students will use speaking and listening skillsto describe and guess shapes.

Objectives• Recall the names of shapes.• Explain the characteristics of four basic shapes.• Translate oral information into spatial

representations.• Distinguish shapes from one another.• Choose the shape that is described.• Recommend how a process could be used in a

different situation.

Activity Procedures

Prepare(teacher)• Copy one Shapes p. 10 for each student.• Cut out large construction paper shapes.

Pretest(teacher, class)• Hold up construction paper shapes one by one and

have students name each shape. • Describe the basic characteristics of each shape

(number of corners, number of sides, etc.).

Materials• Shapes Set I books• Shapes p. 10 • paper • pencils• crayons

• scissors• large constructionpaper shapes (oneeach of a square,triangle, rectangle,and circle)

Pretest(teacher, class)• Review colors by asking students to stand up if they

are wearing something yellow (or red, blue, green,orange, etc.).

• One by one, point to each shape to review shapes.

Read (teacher, class)• Read Shapes Set I books.

Discuss(class)• Review the characteristics of each shape.• Name objects that are each shape. • Discuss the rules and process of playing Bingo.

Practice(student, teacher, class)• Draw a circle in one of the boxes at the top of the

Bingo Card p. 11. Next, draw a square, triangle, andrectangle in each of the remaining boxes of that row.

• Color one box in each column red, blue, yellow, andgreen. (Teacher, show students the sample card as anexample, emphasizing randomness.)

• Pass out Bingo chips. • Select one or two students to be the callers. The

callers will spin the color and shape spinners, callingout the shape and color.

• Select a student to act as the assistant caller. Theassistant should mark each turn on the Master Sheet.

• Play Bingo by looking for the correspondingshape/color combinations called out. Mark yourBingo cards with chips. The assistant caller will markthe Master Sheet.

• Verify winning cards against Master Sheet.

Evaluate(teacher)• Observe students’ ability to identify shapes and

colors.

Lesson 3Shapes BingoPurpose: Students will recognize shapes by sight andby name.

Objectives• Name shapes. • Identify shapes by sight.• Employ knowledge of colors and shapes to play a

game.• Distinguish between a number of shapes and colors.• Create a game card using symbols and colors.• Validate the accuracy of an answer.

Activity Procedures

Prepare (teacher) • Copy one Bingo Card p. 11 for each student.• Copy one of each Bingo Spinner p. 12.• Color the colors spinner. • Cut out each spinner piece and glue it to cardboard

or poster board.• Attach arrows to spinners with brass fasteners.• Copy one Master Sheet p. 13.• Prepare one bingo card as an example.

Materials• Shapes Set I books• Bingo Card p. 11• Bingo Spinners p. 12• Master Sheet p. 13• crayons

• pencils • bingo chips• scissors• brass fasteners• cardboard or posterboard

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Read(teacher, class) • Read Shapes Set I books.

Model(teacher, class)• Using blocks, fruit, or paper shapes, demonstrate how

to make a pattern.• Ask students to describe the pattern.• On the board, begin a pattern using shapes.• Ask students to describe and continue the pattern.

Practice(student)• Use manipulatives to create and talk about patterns.• Use Repeat the Pattern p. 14 to extend patterns.• Students will create their own patterns at the bottom

of the page.• As a class, talk about the patterns. How are they

alike? How are they different?

Evaluation(teacher) • Evaluate students on the completeness and

correctness of Repeat the Pattern p. 14.

Extension(pairs)• On paper or using objects, begin a pattern.• Have a partner continue the pattern.

Lesson 4What Is a Pattern?Purpose: Students will use shapes to repeat patternsand to create their own patterns.

Objectives• Recall shapes.• Identify the shapes and colors in patterns.• Describe patterns created with shapes.• Apply knowledge of shapes to extend patterns.• Create new patterns.• Compare two or more patterns.

Activity Procedures

Prepare (teacher) • Copy one Repeat the Pattern p. 14 for each student.• Collect blocks, fruit, and/or paper shapes.• Line students up or seat them in a pattern (example,

boy, girl, boy, etc.).

Pretest(student, pairs)• Describe what a pattern is.• Find patterns in the classroom (in fabric, in seating

arrangements, in pictures, etc.), and discuss.

Materials• Shapes Set I books• Repeat the Patternp. 14

• pencils

• crayons• blocks, fruit, and/orconstruction papershapes

Materials• Find the Shape p. 15• Shapes Graph p. 16• crayons

• pencils• paper• Shapes Set I books

Practice(student)• Complete Find the Shape p. 15.• On Shapes Graph p. 16, chart the number of squares,

triangles, rectangles, and circles found on Find theShape p. 15.

Evaluate(teacher, class)• As a class, talk about the graph, the number of each

shape found in the picture, which shape had thehighest number on the graph, etc.

• Check each student’s Find the Shape worksheetp. 15 and Shapes Graph p. 16 for completeness andunderstanding.

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Lesson 5How Many Shapes?Purpose: Students will identify shapes and create agraph.

Objectives• Count the number of shapes in a picture.• Classify shapes by kind.• Create a graph.• Analyze a graph.• Explain a graph.• Compare the data in a graph.

Activity Procedures

Prepare (teacher) • Copy Find the Shape p. 15 for each student.• Copy Shapes Graph p. 16 for each student.

Pretest(student)• Count the number of boys and girls in the class.

Model(teacher)• On the board, make a bar graph showing the

number of boys and girls in the class.

Read(student, teacher)• Read Shapes Set I books.

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BOOKSBlackstone, Stella. Bear in a Square. Bristol, England:

Barefoot Books, 1998.This rhyming preschool book introduces children toshapes and patterns. Colorful artwork fills the pages.

Carle, Eric. My Very First Book of Shapes. New York:Penguin Young Readers Group, 2005.Students will delight in matching the shapes in thisillustrated book by renowned author/illustrator EricCarle.

DK Publishing Staff. Las formas/Shapes. London: DKPublishing, Inc., 2004.This bilingual shapes book will teach and reinforceshape identification and vocabulary for both Englishand native Spanish speakers.

Dr. Seuss. The Shape of Me and Other Stuff: Dr. Seuss’sSurprising Word Book. New York: Beginner Books,1973.This book explores the unique shapes of animals andfamiliar objects. Rhyming and whimsical.

Henkes, Kevin. Circle Dogs. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001.This fun, illustrated book describes the life of twocircle dogs. Students will delight in identifyingvarious shapes throughout the book, while rompingalong with these mischievous dogs.

Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. New York:Greenwillow Books, 1986.This wordless book features full-color shape-filledphotographs. Students will have fun naming themany shapes they see on each page.

Hoban, Tana. So Many Circles, So Many Squares. NewYork: Greenwillow Books, 1998.This wordless picture book features color pictures ofcircles and squares everywhere.

Kaczman, James. When a Line Bends . . . A ShapeBegins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.This illustrated rhyming book invites students to findshapes on every page.

McMillan, Bruce. Fire Engine Shapes. New York:Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1988.This preschool through first grade book featuresclose-up photographs of fire engine parts, focusingon their geometrical shapes.

Additional ResourcesWEBSITESCreate A Graph

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspxWith the teacher’s help, students can create avariety of graphs using this online tool.

Fun with Shapeshttp://www.kidspsych.org/shapes.htmlThis interactive game reinforces students’ knowledgeof both colors and shapes. Students must click onthe puzzle piece that matches the shape highlightedin a specified color to complete the puzzle.

Funschool – Preschool – The Crazy Pattern Machinehttp://funschool.kaboose.com/preschool/games/game_crazy_pattern_machine_the.htmlThis online interactive game requires students tocomplete patterns. It has a range of difficulty levels,and includes patterns of shapes, colors, numbers,and lower case or upper case letters.

grapherhttp://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.htmlStudents can create their own online bar graphs.

Let’s Play with Shapes!http://www.akidsheart.com/threer/lvl1/shapes.htmThis site has interactive shapes games, reproducibleshape stationary, and reproducible worksheetsperfect for students learning about basic shapes.

Pauly’s Games “Matching Shapes With Krog”http://www.paulysplayhouse.com/paulys_playhouse/games/krog_shapes.htmlThis site features a shapes matching game. Studentschoose the shape that will fit into a hole of thesame shape.

Pre-School Library Presents Shapeshttp://www.storyplace.org/preschool/preschool.asp?themeId=9This kid-friendly site includes an online shapes story,an interactive shapes game, a reproducible take-home activity, and a reading list.

Sammy’s Shapeshttp://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/sammy/page_4b.htmThis site features an online story about Sammy thesnake. Students can click the arrows to turn thepages and name the shapes Sammy is making.

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5 = Excellent Work, Outstanding Effort4 = Good Work, Good Effort3 = Average Quality Work, Average Effort2 = Work Needs Improvement, Less Than Average Effort1 = Little Work, Little Effort

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