Avery Berkey

ELL Lesson Plan

Southern Oregon University

Lesson Plan: Avery Berkey, Anna Coveney, Holly Daffron,

Kaylee Mindolovich, Sydney White
Lesson Shapes, Shapes, and Monster Trucks
Title:

Topic: Shapes in our environment

Grade 2 nd

Level: Math
Content Geometry
Area(s): 30 minutes
Estimated
Time:
Standard(s): 2.G.1 Recognize and draw shapes having
specified attributes, such as a given number of
angles or a given number of equal faces. (Sizes
are compared directly or visually, not compared
by measuring.)
Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons,
hexagons, and cubes.
Objectives: I can locate these four shapes in various
pictures; triangles, squares, rectangles, and
circles.
Assessment Identifying the shapes by coloring with the
: indicated colors on the worksheet.
-Worksheet will then be collected upon
completion.

Instructiona -Use visuals

l Strategies: -provide hands-on activities
-communicate about the subject area in oral,
written, physical, or pictoral form.
Materials/ -Shapes song, learning about shapes video
Resources: -PowerPoint
-Dry erase markers
-Monster truck pictures
-Shapes jumble worksheet
-Crayons
-Shapes key
Open: *(Shapes video, PowerPoint)
I DO -Play video: Shapes song, learning about
*15 minutes shapes)
*Stop video: (1 0:51 sec, 2 1min 45sec, 3
st nd rd

2min 12sec, 4 3min 1sec, Final 3min

th

33sec)
-Each stopping of video go over slides that
correspond to shape shown in video.
-1: Circle PowerPoint Slide- explain
characteristics of shape and pronunciation in
English/Spanish
-2: Square PowerPoint Slide- explain
characteristics of shape and pronunciation in
English/Spanish
-3: Triangle PowerPoint Slide- explain
characteristics of shape and pronunciation in
English/Spanish
-4: Rectangle PowerPoint Slide - explain
characteristics of shape and pronunciation in
English/Spanish

Body: *(Monster truck sheet, dry erase markers, shape

WE DO key)
*10 minutes -We will now locate these shapes on a monster
truck.
-Demonstrate on (ELMO or hold up) how to
locate and trace a shape found on the picture.
-Each group will now be given a Monster Truck
 sheet, and dry erase markers (2 per group).
-Teacher will have the students in each group
trace the shapes we learned on the monster
truck picture.
-Teacher will see how many shapes they can
locate.
-Teacher will facilitate each group; promote
deeper thinking and understanding, give shape
key for extra help if needed, ask questions.
(For example: What other shapes are there? Did
you find all of the shapes?)
Close: *(Shapes jumble worksheet, crayons)
YOU DO -Now the students will test what they just
*10 minutes learned on a worksheet.
-Hold up the worksheet to preview to students.
- Teacher will read the directions on the
worksheet; identify each shape by filling in with
the correct color of crayon.
-Hold up crayons.
-Pass out worksheets, one per student with
crayon set.
-Allow students to finish the worksheet in approx.
7 minutes.

Optional Extension:
Human Shapes
-Each group will be asked to create with their
bodies, the four shapes (square, rectangle,
triangle, and circle) we learned in todays lesson.
-Teacher will facilitate each group if and when
needed.