LESSON

PLAN

Area of learning: Mathematics

Title/Topic/Focus: Shape

Class: Reception

When/Where: Classroom

Lesson Prepared by: Rebecca Andary


What are the students going to learn? Key Concepts /Specific Learning Outcome(s)

Identify regular and irregular shapes around the classroom and in magazines.

Name, describe and count familiar 2D shapes.

Sort 2D shapes.

Use common 2D shapes to make different shapes.

(Sort, describe and name familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the
environment (ACMMG009))

Resources

City shapes by Susan Baum
IWB
Blank A4 Paper
Glue sticks
Textas
Scissors
Look at the Robots worksheet
Tangrams

Assessment/Feedback for the students:

Group discussion
Observations
Teacher engagement with students at the Look at the Robots station












Lesson Outline

Timing I will Students will

INTRODUCING THE LESSON Students will be seated on the mat near the front of
(Think about how you are going to engage and the class and then asked to stand and move around
focus the students) the room as part of the I Spy game to locate shapes.

Quick game of I Spy around the room to Students will sit on the mat to look at the City Shapes
determine students prior knowledge of shapes. book and name and describe the shapes.

Use the book City Shapes by Susan Baum to
show students 2D shapes, have them name
them and describe them. Use correct
terminology:
sides
angles or corners

DEVELOPING THE LESSON Students can choose a station to start at and work
their way to as many or as few stations as they like
Classroom will be setup with stations. Some during the lesson.
stations are simple and others offer extension.
Describe each activity to the students before
asking them to move to a station of their
choosing. No more than 4 per station. Its ok if
they dont get to every station.

Station 1: sort shapes
Station 2: locate shapes in magazines and cut
them out and stick them on an A4 page
Station 3: Look at the Robots worksheet -
locating and counting shapes in a picture and
recording them (teacher to sit at this station)
Station 4: tangrams
Station 5: Complete the second shape to look
like the first one

CONCLUDING THE LESSON

Gather back on the mat to for group share on
favourite activity and what they have learned.

Play another I Spy game and observe progress.