UNIT PLANNING PROJECT HANDOUT

Geometry Geometric Shapes and Their Properties

Ali Zook, Taylor Fulcher, Emilee Higgins,
Lauren Blackburn, Gabbie Henwood, Emily McLoughlin
Centers for Kindergarten:
Naturalistic Center 1: Tracing Shapes
Materials:
o Thin quart-sized bags filled with a small amount of paint, that the students
can trace with their finger
o Pictures of the outlines of shapes: circles, triangles, and rectangles
Directions:
o Explore painting with your finger (with the bag closed).
Teacher-Guided Center 1: Scavenger Hunt of Real World Objects
Materials:
o Sets of sticky notes with 2D shapes pre-drawn on to them. The shapes
should include circles, triangles, and rectangles.
Directions:
o Label different classroom items with the sticky notes that correlates with
each shape. Label at least two items for each of the shapes: circles,
triangles, and rectangles.
Questions:
o Why did you put that sticky note on ___?
o How did you know that ____ is the same as that shape?
Teacher-Guided Center 2: Shape Connect
Materials will include:
o A large outline of each of the following shapes: circle, triangle, and
rectangles (poster-board sized, so that the smaller sized shapes can be
sorted into the big one, and easily fit inside).
o Smaller images of the aforementioned shapes, in various colors
o Blank paper and markers/crayons for each student
Directions:

Teacher will facilitate a whole-group discussion about the ways the

students see these shapes in their own life.
o After they identify different items for each shape, the student will choose
their favorite and draw a picture of that item. The student will draw at least
one item for each shape.
Questions: (for each shape)
o What is the name of this shape?
o What other things are this shape?
o Did you use anything today that is this shape?
o How do we know that ______ is this shape?
o Will that always be true?
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Naturalistic Center 2: Shape Sort

Materials
o A box with a variety of items that represent each shape.
Directions:
o Explore the shapes.

Unwrapping the Standards:

Know (Nouns)

Do (Verbs)

Shapes, circle, triangle, rectangle, square,

similar, different, position, objects, relation, next
to, beside, above, below, under, over top,
bottom

Match, sort,
describe,
recognize, name,
describe

Kindergarten Circle, triangle, square, rectangle,

characteristics, sides, angles, round, curved,
plane, geometric figures, relative sizes, smaller,
larger, shapes, examples, non-examples

Identify, describe,
trace, compare,
group, distinguish

Pre-K

First Grade

Circle, triangle, rectangle, circles, sides, vertices, Describe, trace,

right angles, plane geometric shapes,
sort, identify,
characteristics, curved, representations,
construct
environment, school, home, choice

Second
Grade

Figures, at least, line of symmetry, various,

concrete, materials, horizontal, vertical, diagonal,
similarities, differences, plane figures, solid
figures, circle, sphere, square, cube, rectangular
prism, models, cutouts, faces, sets, edges,
vertices, models

Identify, draw,
create, determine,
describe, trace,
compare and
contrast

Third Grade

Models, pictures, plane geometric figures, circle,

square, rectangle, solid geometric figures, cube,
rectangular prism, square pyramid, sphere,
cone, cylinder, sides, angles, vertices, edges,
numbers, shapes, faces, characteristics, sphere,
pyramid, similar, points, line segments, rays,
lines, ruler, straightedge, examples, congruent,
non-congruent, drawings, models

Determine,
identify, explain,
verify, identify,
draw, describe,
compare, contrast

Big Idea

Essential Questions

It is important for me to identify different

shapes and their properties so that I can
recognize them in my environment.

Why is it important to be able to

identify different shapes?

I can determine what makes shapes alike and How are shapes alike and different?
different based on an assortment of geometric
properties and defining characteristics.

Concept Map: