LESSON 1: LEARNING ABOUT

SHAPES

INTRODUCTION

What shapes can you see on this screen? Today’s goals Tomorrow’s goals Why we are doing this project?

SHARED READING ACTIVITY

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban

Cover Photograph Courtesy of www.lexile.com

VIDEO CLIP: TEA TIMES TROUBLE SQUARES &

TRIANGLES

Geometric_Shapes.asf

VIDEO CLIP: MAKING CIRCLE MOBILES

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VIDEO CLIP: MY FAVORITE SHAPES

Song__My_Favorite_Shapes.asf

SHAPES DISCUSSION

What shapes did you see in the videos? Where did you see those shapes? Let’s find some shapes in our classroom.

GEO BOARD SHAPES

Photograph courtesy of www.learningthings.com

SHAPE DRAWINGS

DIGITAL CAMERA PICTURES

Reminders about the cameras Group work time Directions for this part of the assignment Some sample pictures I took at home

MATH JOURNALS - REFLECTION

What do you think went well? What should we do differently next time? What was your favorite part? What was your least favorite part?

LOOKING AHEAD

Things we will do tomorrow: Download & Save Photos Create Presentations Practice Presentations Start Giving Presentations Evaluate Our Classmates Take The Project Survey

REFERENCES

ETV Streamline SC. (2005). Mathica’s mathshop: Tea times trouble. United Streaming.

Accessed June 23, 2009 from http://www.unitedstreaming.com

ETV Streamline SC. (2005). The story of Read-Alee-Deed-Alee: The cold gold. United

Streaming. Accessed June 23, 2009 from http://www.unitedstreaming.com

ETV Streamline SC. (2005). Videomath: Circles. United Streaming. Accessed June 23, 2009

from http://www.unitedstreaming.com

Hoban, T. (1986). Shapes, shapes, shapes. New York: Greenwillow Books. ISBN# 0688058329.

Smaldino, S.E., Russell, J.D., Heinich, R. & Molenda, M. (2004). Instructional technology and

media for learning. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall Inc.