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Lesson

2D and 3D shapes

Date

December 1 2014

Subject/Grade
Level

Grade one Math

Time
Duration

55 minutes

Unit

Shape and Space (3-D Objects and 2-D

Shapes)

Teacher

Gabi Dumestre

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes
:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes
:

Describe the characteristics of 3-D objects and 2-D shapes, and analyze the
relationships among them.

Sort 3-D objects and 2-D shapes, using one attribute, and explain the sorting rule. [C,
CN, R, V]
Replicate composite 2-D shapes and 3-D objects. [CN, PS, V]
Compare 2-D shapes to parts of 3-D objects in the environment. [C, CN, V]

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will
1. Name the basic 2D and 3D shapes
2. Differentiate between 2D and 3D shapes
3. Find 2D/3D shapes in the classroom
4. Draw cartoon animals out of 2D shapes

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:

Products/Performa
nces:

Of students drawings
Of students responses to questions
What are the names of the 2D shapes?
What are the names of these 3D shapes?
What is the difference between 2D and 3D shapes?
Can we find these shapes in the classroom?
Smart board activity
Drawing cartoon animals

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Google

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Paper
Pencils
Pencil crayons
Photo copies of explicit drawing instructions
for various cartoon animals (taken from
google)

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson

Attention Grabber

Assessment of
Prior Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and
Behaviour

Load Smart Board activity

Print photocopies of animal drawing instructions
Introduction (3 minutes)
Have students sit at their desks and tell them were going to
learn about shapes.
Ask: Who knows the difference between 2D and 3D
shapes?
Students stay seated at their desks and raise their hands to
answer questions.

Time

3 minutes

Transition to Body

Learning Activity
#1

Open the smart board activity to the first page and say: Im
going to have you come up one by one and match the 2D
shape on the left to the one on the right, and say its name.
Body (45 minutes)
Smart board activities
-

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Students come up one by one and match the six 2D

shapes (square, oval, rectangle, circle, triangle,
rhombus) to their matching shapes on the right. They
say the name of the shape before they drag it.
Turn to the next slide, and say: These are some
common 3D shapes. Weve got the cuboid, the cube,
the sphere, the pyramid, the cone, and the cylinder.
Do you see how 3D shapes are made out of 2D
shapes? Have the students come up one by one, to
match the 3D shapes on the left side of the screen to
the 2D ones on the right side of the screen. Ex. Cube
to square, cuboid to rectangle.
Ask the students what the difference is between 2D
and 3D shapes (2D shapes are flat). Turn to the next
slide, and have the students come up one by one to
drag the various 2D and 3D shapes to either the 2D
slot or the 3D slot.

Time

15 minutes

Assessment: Observe if the students know the names of the

shapes
Differentiation: Allow students to help each other out if
someone doesnt know the name.

Learning Activity
#2

Finding 2D and 3D shapes in the room around us

Say: 2D and 3D shapes are in the world all around us. Lets
find some in this room. Ill start. I see a. Have all the
students share a shape that they can see from their desks, in
the room around them.

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation
Learning Activity
#3

5 minutes

Assessment: Observe if the students can correctly identify

and name shapes in the classroom
Differentiation: Give tips to students who may need it
Drawing cartoon animals with shapes
Since shapes are all around us, knowing the basic shapes
can help us draw. Were going to draw cartoon animals using
the 2D shapes we talked about. Hold up a template and say:
See how there are steps to building the animal? You want to
start with the first step and follow all the steps.
Draw one of the animals on the whiteboard, following the
steps, so that the students can see how its done.
Hand out one paper for every student. Tell them to draw the
animal first and then color it. If they finish one animal, they

25 minutes

can come up to the back table and get more paper to make a
second animal.
Have extra templates of cartoon animals for the students
who may finish drawing all 3 of their animals before the
others are done.

Consolidation of
Learning:

Closure (7 minutes)
Have students come to the carpet with their finished animal
drawings and present them one by one to the class, saying
which shapes they used.

Time
7 minutes