TEACHING
GUIDE
TEACHING
Shapes
Set II
Kindergarten Reading Level
ISBN-10: 0-8225-6885-3 Violet
ISBN-13: 978-0-8225-6885-8
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TEACHING
SHAPES SET II
Standards
Mathematics
• Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process.
• Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers.
• Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation.
• Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of geometry.
• Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis.
Language Arts
• Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process.
• Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process.
• Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
Physical
Education
• Uses a variety of basic and advanced movement forms.
Visual Arts
• Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts.
Multiple Intelligences
• Linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, and
interpersonal
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Books in the Shapes Set II series
include:
Hexagon
Oval
Pentagon
Rhombus
Trapezoid
TEACHING
Lesson 1
How Many Shapes?
Purpose: Students will identify shapes in a picture
and create a graph using the data.
Materials
• Shapes Set II books
• Find the Shape p. 8
• Shapes Graph p. 9
• crayons
• pencils
• chalk
• chalkboard
Objectives
• Count the number of shapes in a picture.
• Classify shapes by kind.
• Create a graph.
• Analyze a graph.
• Explain a graph.
• Compare the data in a graph.
Activity Procedures
Prepare
(teacher)
• Copy Find the Shape p. 8 and Shapes Graph p. 9 for
each student.
Pretest
(teacher, students)
• Ask the students to name their favorite shape. Keep
track of the results.
Model
(teacher)
• On the board, make a bar graph with the data
collected on the students’ favorite shapes.
Read
(teacher, students)
• Read books from the Shapes Set II series.
SHAPES SET II
Practice
(student)
• Complete Find the Shape p. 8.
• On Shapes Graph p. 9, chart the number of each
shape found on Find the Shape p. 8.
Discuss
(teacher, students)
• As a class, interpret the graph. Talk about the
number of shapes found in the picture, which shape
was found the most, etc.
• Ask if anyone found the “special” hexagon. Two
trapezoids put together make a hexagon. Challenge
the students to find it on Find the Shape p. 8.
Evaluate
(teacher)
• Check each student’s Find the Shape p. 8 and Shapes
Graph p. 9 for accuracy.
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TEACHING
SHAPES
SET
Lesson 2
Hexagon Birds and
Pentagon Dogs
Purpose: Students will change triangles into hexagons
and pentagons.
Materials
• Shapes Set II books
• 1117 construction
paper
• scissors
• markers
• chalk
• chalkboard
• glue and feathers
(optional)
Objectives
• Identify shapes.
• Classify shapes by kind.
• Create a shape by following directions.
• Examine shape structures.
• Explain how shapes can be changed.
Activity Procedures
Prepare
(teacher)
• Copy or trace two large equilateral triangles on
construction paper. Make one copy for each
student.
• Cut out two triangles for your demonstration.
Pretest
(teacher, students)
• Hold up a plain sheet of construction paper. Ask
students how they could change the shape of the
paper.
Read
(teacher, students)
• Read books from the Shapes Set II series.
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Model
(teacher)
• Show the students how you can fold the piece of
construction paper into a square or triangle.
• Demonstrate how to create the dog. Hold a triangle
with a point down. Fold over the top corners. Do
not match the edges when folding. These flaps
create the ears. Draw a face to complete the dog.
• Trace the outline of the dog on the board to help
students see the pentagon shape.
• Demonstrate how to create the bird. Hold a triangle
with the long point up. Fold the point straight
down. Do not match the edges when folding. This
flap will create the face and beak. Fold up the
bottom corners. These corners will create the wings.
Draw in bird features such as eyes, beak, and feathers.
Cut legs and feet out of scrap paper. Glue legs and
feathers to the bird.
• Trace the outline of the bird on the board to help
students see the hexagon shape.
Practice
(student)
• Students cut out triangles and follow the directions
to create a dog and a bird.
Discuss
(teacher, students)
• What shape did we cut out of the paper?
• What shape is the dog? How many sides does it
have?
• What shape is the bird? How many sides does it
have?
• What shape are the ears of the dog and the face and
wings of the bird?
• What other shapes can we change by folding?
Evaluate
(teacher)
• Assess completed projects to evaluate each student’s
ability to follow directions.
• Evaluate each student’s fine motor skills by observing
his or her cutting and folding techniques.
TEACHING
SHAPES
SET
II
Activity Ideas
Art
Title: Stretched Oval
Objective: Students create an oval from a circle.
Materials: construction paper, circle template for tracing, pictures, scissors, glue, markers
Description: Trace a circle on a picture. Cut out the circle. Cut the circle width-wise into strips. Lay strips on
construction paper with spaces in between to create an oval effect. Glue strips in place. Draw an oval to outline
the picture.
Title: Geometric Picture
Objective: Students create a picture using geometric shapes.
Materials: dot paper p. 16, pencils, crayons
Description: Using the dot paper as a guide, have students create a picture using shapes. The pictures could be
representational or just a design. Students should color the pictures.
Large Motor
Title: Student Shapes
Objective: Students create outlines of basic shapes using their bodies.
Materials: none
Description: Students work together to create shapes, such as rhombus, hexagon, and oval by arranging their
bodies on the floor. Challenge pairs of students to make shapes with many sides, such as a pentagon or hexagon.
Dramatic Play Center
Title: Quilt Store
Objective: Students role-play various people involved in the production and selling of quilts.
Materials: quilts or bedspreads with geometric designs, cash register, play money, purses, wallets, fabric scraps
(some cut into shapes), large plastic sewing needles, yarn, paper, markers
Description: Students in the center can design quilts. They can pretend to sew the quilts, sell the quilts to
customers, and buy the quilts. Students can make posters to advertise the quilts.
Language Arts
Title: Mystery Shapes
Objective: Students draw shapes from oral descriptions.
Materials: cardboard shapes, paper, pencils, opaque bag
Description: Put shape pieces in the opaque bag. One student picks out a shape, but does not pull it out of
the bag. The student uses both hands to feel the shape. The student then describes it to the others without
saying the name of the shape. The other students draw the shape from the description. When everyone is done,
students compare the cardboard shape to the drawings. Challenge students with nonstandard shapes.
Bulletin Board
Title: Get in Shape!
Objective: Students create paper figures with shapes.
Materials: construction paper, scissors, markers, old towel or washcloth, glue
Description: Provide students with construction paper shapes of various sizes. Students create pictures of people
engaged in physical activity. Give each student a scrap of fabric to add a wristband or headband. Arrange on a
bulletin board with the title.
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Math
Title: Shapes Activity Book
Objective: Students will create an activity book to demonstrate their knowledge of shapes.
Materials: activity book template pp. 10–15, stapler, pencils, crayons
Description: Assemble the activity books: Copy activity book template pp. 10–15 back-to-back for each
student. Fold pp. 10–11 on the dotted line so the cover is on the outside. Fold pp. 12–13 on the dotted line so
pages 3 and 10 are on the outside. Fold pp. 14–15 on the dotted line so pages 5 and 8 are on the outside.
Assemble the pages in order and staple in the fold. Review the activity book with the class. Have students write
their names on the cover and complete the activities on each page.
Title: Shape Race
Objective: Students create shapes with many sides.
Materials: crayons, dot paper p. 16
Description: Each player chooses a different colored crayon. Students take turns connecting two dots. The
player who connects lines to close a shape, colors in the shape. Students are awarded points for the number of
sides the shape has. For example, a triangle is worth three points and a nine-sided figure is worth nine points.
Encourage the students to earn as many points as possible. Students could also work cooperatively to meet
challenges such as earning 15 points by creating three shapes.
Title: Scaling Shapes
Objective: Students will enlarge shapes.
Materials: dot paper p. 16, transparency, overhead projector, marker, pencils
Description: Create an overhead transparency of dot paper p. 16. Copy dot paper p. 16 for each student.
Depending on how many shapes are drawn, more sheets may be needed. Demonstrate how to make a shape
bigger and keep the sides equal. Draw a rhombus by connecting four dots on the projected transparency.
Students copy the rhombus on their papers. While the students follow along, enlarge the rhombus by connecting
eight dots (one dot in between each corner). Enlarge the rhombus again by connecting 12 dots (two dots in
between each corner). Repeat the process with other shapes. Provide extra dot paper at the math center for
students who want to continue independently.
Listening Skills
Title: Draw a City
Objective: Students will follow oral directions to draw a picture with geometric shapes.
Materials: paper, pencils, markers
Description: Before the lesson, draw a picture of a city skyline or neighborhood street. Only use geometric
shapes such as a triangle for a roof, hexagons for windows, etc. Give each student paper and a pencil. Without
showing your picture, describe it to the students and have them draw the picture. Use plenty of location words,
such as on top of, to the right of, in, next to, under, etc.
Critical Thinking/Questioning
Use these discussion questions to stimulate your students’ curiosity and critical thinking. Invite a builder,
architect, or designer into your class to explain the answers.
What are shapes you often see in objects and buildings?
Why are some shapes used more than others?
Why are circles not used very often in designs on the floor?
Why are windows usually square or rectangular?
TEACHING
Additional Resources
BOOKS
Adler, David. Shape Up! New York: Holiday House,
2000. Simple explanations and colorful
illustrations introduce basic geometry to students.
Burns, Marilyn. The Greedy Triangle. New York:
Scholastic, 1995. This book introduces basic
polygons by presenting the story of a greedy
triangle.
Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. New York:
Greenwillow Books, 1986. This wordless book
features full-color shape-filled photographs.
Students will have fun naming the many shapes
they see on each page.
Micklethwait, Lucy. I Spy Shapes in Art. New York:
HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. Readers are
encouraged to find shapes in works of art.
Rau, Dana Meachen. Star in My Orange.
Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Group, 2006.
Through color photographs, readers are
introduced to geometric patterns found in
nature.
Ribke, Simone T. The Shapes We Eat. New York:
Children’s Press, 2005. Foods come in a variety
of shapes. Readers see oval eggs and hexagon
crackers.
Staff of Metropolitan Museum of Art. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum Shapes.
New York: Little, Brown Children’s Books, 2005.
Readers are presented with different shapes
found in works of art.
WEBSITES
Buzzing with Shapes
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/buzz/
buzz.html
Players count the number of sides of a shape at
this interactive site. Players keep track of their
answers while playing a bingo-style game.
Pattern Blocks
http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/
patterns_j.shtml
This interactive pattern-block activity allows
students to create geometric pictures by rotating
and placing shapes. Students may title and print
their finished creations.
SHAPES SET II
PBS Kids
http://www.pbskids.org/bigbigworld/games.htm
In the game Snook Dreaming, players match the
shapes Snook sees in his dreams.
Shape Sorter
http://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/
match_up/shape_match/shape_match.htm
This concentration game tests students’ memories
by having them match various shapes.
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Name
Find the Shape
Directions: Color the
Color the
blue.
Color the
green.
Color the
red.
Color the
orange.
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yellow.
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Name
Shapes Graph
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4
3
2
1
0
rhombus
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trapezoid
pentagon
hexagon
oval
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Shape Doodles
Draw a picture with the shapes.
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Shapes
Are
Fun
Belongs to
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Trace the dotted lines.
Trace the Shapes
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Shape Order
Match the shape to the order word.
fourth
second
2
1
3
first
4
fifth
5
third
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11
12
Fill in the missing shapes.
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More Patterns
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Dot-to-Dot
pentagon
oval
Connect the dots to make the shapes.
hexagon
trapezoid
rhombus
3
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oval
pentagon
rhombus
trapezoid
O
P
R
T
4
hexagon
Match the shape with its name.
Match the shape to the letter its name starts with.
H
Shape Words
Shape Sounds
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Shape Places
.
Follow the directions at the bottom of the page.
Draw an X on the shape above the
blue.
red.
Color the shape that is under the
Circle the shape that is to the left of the
Color the shape that is on top of the
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Patterns
Finish the patterns.
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5
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7
3
2
4
3
5
4
6
Circle the shape that is the same as the first one.
Circle how many sides each shape has.
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Same Shapes
Count the Sides
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