Shapes: A Differentiated Lesson Plan for Kindergarten

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Shapes A Differentiated Lesson Plan for
Kindergarten

• Sue Price
• Willow School
• March 21, 2005

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Shape Theme Introduction

• Administer individual SAI shape flashcard
  assessment to all students (Pretest and Posttest)
• Whole group discussion about shapes
• Do web on large paper as students
  brainstorm their ideas about what they know
• Students will go on-line to the bookmarked site
• www.storyplace.org
• Pre-School Library presents
• The Story of Shapes
• Complete on-line activity
• I Spy Shapes

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Verbal / Linguistic

• Teacher reads and generates discussion about the
  book
• Red Bears Fun with Shapes
• by Bodel Rikys
• Students will prepare a page (including an
  illustration and text) to be included in a class
  book entitled
• Willow Kids Fun with Shapes

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Musical / Rhythmic

• Learn and perform songs
• Shape Song
  
  ShapesShapes
• (to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell)
  (to the
  tune of Frere Jacques)
• A circles like a ball,
  
  This is a square. This is
  a square.
• A circles like a ball,
  
  How can you tell? How can you
  tell?
• Round and round
  
  It has four sides,
• It never stops
  
  All the same size.
• A circles like a ball!
  
  Its a square. Its a
  square.
• A square is like a box,
  
  This is a circle. This is a
  circle.
• A square is like a box,
  
  How can you tell? How can
  you tell?
• It has four sides,
  
  It goes round and round,
• They are the same.
  
  No end can be found.
• A square is like a box!
  
  Its a circle. Its a
  circle.
• A triangle has three
  sides,
  This is a triangle. This
  is a triangle.
• A triangle has three
  sides,
  How can you tell? How can
  you tell?

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Mathematical / Logical

• Students will be given a prepared lotus flower
  with the title in the center box
• My Shapes Lotus
• by ________
• and the eight shape names (one in each box)
• Students will be given another sheet
• with the eight shapes
• Students will cut out each shape and place
• in the correct box to complete the lotus
  project
• This activity would, also, be a
  good culminating activity to assess students
  acquired knowledge by matching shapes and shape
  words.

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Visual / Spatial

• Students will use purchased foam shapes to create
  and glue a pattern on a colored sentence strip
• Each student will show and explain their shape
  pattern to the whole group

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Naturalist

• A problem will be posed to the students
• Willow School needs some new playground
  activities. Design a new activity using shapes
  somehow. The activity needs to be safe and fun.
  It can, also, be a learning activity, if you
  want.
• You may have big paper or small paper and any
  supplies that are in the classroom.
• Present your activity to the whole group on the
  microphone. Pick a friend to hold your project
  up so we can all see it while you tell us about
  it.

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Interpersonal

• Students will be divided into six groups (ideally
  four in each group).
• Students will draw the name of a shape out of a
  hat. They will then work together to lay on the
  floor and make the shape with their bodies.
• Digital pictures will be taken.
• Each group will then write about what they did to
  make the shape correctly describing the
  attributes of their shape.
• All six shapes will then be put together into a
  classroom shape big book and the groups
  sentences will accompany their picture.

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Intrapersonal

• Students will be asked the question
• If you could magically turn into any
  shape, which shape would you like to be and why?
• Use the sentence starter
• I would like to be a ____________
• because ________________________.

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Bodily / Kinesthetic

• Students will be divided into six groups (ideally
  four in each group).
• Students will draw the name of a shape out of a
  hat. They will then work together to lay on the
  floor and make the shape with their bodies.
• Digital pictures will be taken.
• Each group will write about what they did to make
  the shape.
• All six shapes will then be put together into a
  classroom shape book and the groups sentences
  will accompany their picture.

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Choice Activities WhenAssigned Work is Completed

• www.fisherprice.com Colors Shapes Game
• KIDSPIRATION Project
• Use four shapes (triangle, square,
  rectangle, circle) and link with objects of that
  same shape.
• Sorting activity attributes, such as Find all
  the little, red circles.
• Classroom Library
• selected books about shapes
• www.primarygames.com Shape Sorter
• Shape art create scene incorporating shapes
• Sponge painting project with foam shapes
• Word search puzzle to find shape names and
  shape-related words like side, corner, point,
  round, three, four, etc.
• Pattern block center
• Wikki Stix - form shapes on cookie sheet