A Lesson About Shapes Georgia 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 Circle Watch me turn round and round And you will learn I’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 Shapes Rectangle Triangle Circle Square

Make a Graph with Shapes

Pie Graph of Shapes

Dress the Bear Click on Bear

Make Something with Shapes

Let’s Watch A Video Looking for Shapes Around Us

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 Shapes in Your World The End