Math Concepts Lesson
2D Shapes
Grades: K-1
Time: 10 minutes
Overview
Learn about how lines, sides, and vertices define shapes.
Materials
Goals
Objectives
Common Core Math Standards
Materials
Computer or other device with internet + speakers.
Goals
- Learn about some 2D shapes and their attributes.
- Identify attributes of shapes.
Objectives
- Watch a video to review circles, ovals, triangles, squares, and rectangles, and their attributes.
- Practice counting the numbers of sides and vertices of shapes, and determine if the shape’s lines are straight or curved.
Common Core Math Standards
CCSS.Math.Content.K.G.A.2
Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.5.b
Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
Activity
Practice counting the numbers of sides and vertices of shapes and determine if the shape’s lines are straight or curved.