SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Catholic Education South Australia
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  • Shapes have properties to classify them
  • Shapes can move in a plane or space
  • Shapes can be seen from different perspectives

Inquiry Question

Why are shapes so wonderful?

Resource

Playdough Plato

Playdough to Plato is an early years blog sharing many hands-on learning tasks across multiple learning areas. The activity, 2D shape Hunt, gives ideas of how learners can identify 2D shapes around their home and yard.

Link: Shape Hunt

The Imagination Tree

The Imagination Tree blog is an early years blog sharing many hands-on learning tasks across multiple learning areas. The activity, Shape Binoculars, makes identify 2D shapes fun with special cardboard binoculars

Link: Shape Binoculars and Shape Hunt Maths


The Imagination Tree blog is an early years blog sharing many experiential learning tasks across multiple learning areas. This link takes you to a simple play dough recipe so that learners can make their own 2D and 3D shapes.

Link: Best Ever No Cook Play Dough
 

NRICH

NRICH is a website with many Mathematical and Numeracy resources created by the University of Cambridge. The inquiry, Exploring 2D Shape provides ways to encourage learners to describe and compare 2D shapes and understand the characteristics of 2D shapes.

Link: Exploring 2D Shapes

Teacher Notes

Idea: Have a cooking competition. Using cookie dough, make a cookie person/monster using only 2D Shapes. After it is baked and before you eat it, upload a picture of your cookie to your classes shared page.

 

Teacher Advice: Learners need various and rich experiences with both 2D and 3D shape to develop their ability to identify common shapes, notice relationships among shapes and become aware of the different properties of shapes. Learners should be encouraged to:

  • Sort and classify shapes
  • Identify shapes in their world
  • Construct and dissect shapes
  • Explore tessellation with shapes

Adjustments

Actions taken to enable students with disability to access and participate in education on the same basis as other students.  

Link: NCCD  

Scaffolding

Reduce the number of shapes that the student is looking for at any one time (start with circle, square, rectangle and triangle – see parent video) 

Break the task down into chunks to be attended to at different times 

  1. Part one looking for shapes 
  2. Go back and find shapes that were found last time using names (repeat this activity several times) 
  3. Record examples of each shape – using video or drawing 
  4. Share examples with teacher (via LMS, email or video conference) 
  5. Teacher creates drag and drop game with student images (PowerPoint, google slides or seesaw)