Shapes

and
Shadows
Preschool Math 50 minutes

by AnneMarie Mann July 31, 2015

Students will get hands-on experience manipulating shapes in this preschool-friendly activity.
With the help of shape blocks and worksheets, little learners will get the hang of squares,
triangles, and rectangles in no time.

Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify the shapes square, rectangle, and triangle.

Materials and Preparation Key Terms:
Shape blocks or tangrams square
Overhead projector triangle
Shape Jumble worksheet rectangle
Shapes 'n' Sizes worksheet
Tracing Basic Shapes worksheet
Poster paper
Transparencies

Attachments

PDF PDF PDF

Shape Shapes 'n' Tracing Basic

Jumble Sizes Shapes

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Lesson
Introduction (5 minutes)
Gather your students at the group area where you have set up the projector.
Start with a simple object that the children can easily identify and make a shadow with it.
Have your students identify it.
Show your students the object, identify it verbally and visually, and then place it on the
projector again.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling (5 minutes)

Tell your students that you will be identifying shapes like you did with object that made the
shadow.
Show the students some of the different shapes, and identify them as a group.

Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling (5 minutes)

Review the qualities of the shapes. For example, a square has four sides that are the same
size.
Place a shape on the shadow board and have students identify it.

Independent Working Time (15 minutes)

Have students interact with the shapes and shadows.
Students may construct creations with the shapes, for example, a house with a square and
a triangle on top.
Encourage students to work with a partner and identify the shapes they are using in their
figures.

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Extend
Differentiation
Enrichment: Encourage advanced students to work with and identify 3D shapes, such as
cylinders, cubes, and pyramids.
Support: Have struggling students match different shapes that you traced onto a
transparency as a review activity.

Related Books and/or Media

VIDEO: The Shapes Song by oh my genius

Review
Assessment (5 minutes)
Have students identify shapes as you point to them.
Have students complete one or more of the following worksheets: Shape Jumble, Shapes
'n' Sizes, and Tracing Basic Shapes.
Collect the worksheets and review them later to assess students' understanding of the
lesson content.

Review and Closing (15 minutes)

Have students work collaboratively on a class mural by gluing the shapes onto the poster
paper.
Allow volunteers to label the shapes.

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