Name: Nick Wallen

Date: February 14, 2016

T.P.R. (Total Physical Response) Lesson Plan

Content Area: Math

WIDA ELP Standard(s):
English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in
the content area of Mathematics

State standard, grade-level expectation & evidence outcomes:

First Grade
Standard 4: Shape, Dimension, and Geometric Relationships
Concept: Shapes can be described by defining attributes and created by composing and decomposing.
Evidence Outcome: b. Build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.

Topic/Focus: Shapes
ESL Level: Level 1 (This lesson plan is designed for beginners only, they are NOT expected to talk.
They show what they know through gestures.)

Objectives: After this lesson, students will be able to physically and accurately represent
the shapes; circle, square, and triangle.

Target Vocabulary:
Commands
Draw
Point
Touch

Vocabulary words
Circle
Square
Triangle

Materials AND Realia Needed:

Pictures: Pictures of all the shapes
A picture of someone drawing
A picture of someone pointing
A picture of someone touching something
Realia: A Frisbee
Granola bar box
Clothes hanger
Anticipatory Set: I will use the short video about how shapes are everywhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsR0h50BiFQ

Direct Instruction/Modeling/Demonstration: (Look at my example and outline step-by

step what you will say and do to teach them the words and commands.)

Include how you will remove support (for scaffolding) as they acquire the vocabulary.

1. I will hold up the pictures of each shape and say their corresponding name while I
point to the shape and have the students repeat it back to me.
2. Then I will say the circle and make a circle with my arms above my head and they
will say the word circle and create a circle with their bodies.
3. I will repeat step number two with the other two shapes using their hands for
squares and their legs for the triangle and they repeat the words.
4. Then I will say the command point and show them the picture of someone
pointing. They will repeat the command and physically do it.
5. Repeat steps 1-3.
6. I will then hold up the Frisbee and say circle while pointing to it.
7. I will do this with a rubix cube while saying square and pointing to it.
8. I will then do the same with the triangle.
9. I will then say one of the shapes and the students will have to point to an object in
the classroom that has the same shape has the vocabulary word.
10. Repeat step number nine a couple times.
11. Then I will hand out paper to the students.
12. I will say the vocabulary word and they will have to draw the shape. I will collect
these for a formative assessment.
13. Then I will show them the picture of touch and demonstrate touching.
14. Then I will say one of the vocab words and the students will have to get up out of
their chairs and touch an object around the room that has the same shape as the
vocabulary word.
15. I will repeat this step with all the vocabulary words.
16. If time allows, repeat steps 1-3.
Checking for Understanding:
1. When I say one of the vocabulary words they will point to something in the room
that is that shape.
2. When I say a vocabulary word, students will be able to draw a picture of the
shape.
Write down three physical ways students will demonstrate their understanding of
commands and vocabulary being practiced:
1. The will make a circle by putting their hands above their head in a circle.
2. They will make a square out of their hands.
3. The students will make a triangle with their legs.
4. Students will get up and touch an object in the classroom.
Activity: We will play a game where I will say the vocabulary word and they will have to
get up out of their seats to go touch an object that is in the shape of the vocabulary word.
I will repeat this with all the vocabulary words and this activity will also be used as a
check for understanding.

Closure: I will explain to the students that shapes are everywhere in the world and then
asses their knowledge from their drawings they created.
Pointing

Drawing

Touching