Quizzical Shapes

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Before you start the lesson, make a few sets of different shapes using the construction paper, and laminate them to make them last longer.
• Show your students each shape, and tell them the name of that shape and point to the number of sides and angles in each shape.
• After you have gone through the whole set, pick one shape at a time, and ask your students to name it.
• Quiz them to name the shape as you tell them the number of sides or angles in the shape.

Guided practise

• Split your students into pairs or smaller groups, and give each group a set of shapes.
• Have them take turns to pick a shape while the other person names the shape.
• Encourage your students to count the sides and angles in each shape.
• Show them how to quiz the others in their group by using the number of sides or angles without holding up the shape.

Independent working time

• Using the Learn the Shapes worksheet, have the students match the shape cutouts to the pictures on the worksheet and write the number of sides or angles.
• Provide each student with this worksheet, and direct them to cut out the shapes and practise counting the sides.