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Lesson Idea Name: Shapes of the World

Grade Level/Content Area: Kindergarten
Content Standard Addressed:
MGSEK.G.1 Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes and describe the
relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of,
behind, and next to.
MGSEK.G.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
MGSEK.G.3 Identify shapes as two dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three dimensional
(“solid”)
ISTE Technology Standard Addressed:  What would you like students to know and
be able to do by the end of this lesson:
ISTE 1.6a: Students choose the appropriate
platforms and tools for meeting the desired The students will be able to:
objectives of their creation or communication.  Determine when shapes are alike or
different.
• Use shapes to describe, represent, and
make sense of their environment.
• Identify that shapes are everywhere.
• Know that all objects have a shape with a
specific name.
• Show that shapes have sides and angles
which can be counted.
• Use words to describe the location of an
object.
• Identify shapes as flat (2 dimensional) and
other shapes as solid (3 dimensional).
What is the student learning goal for this lesson idea?
Students will be able to use PowerPoint to create a digital story that identifies shapes, their
similarities and differences, and where they are found in the world.

Selected Instructional Software Tool:

PowerPoint
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Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):

☐ Remembering ☐ Understanding ☐ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☐ Creating

How will this lesson be implemented? Check all that apply.

☐ Teacher-directed: There is no student voice and choice in the activities. Students are guided by the
teacher's direction and expectations.

☐ Student-Led: Students are given voice and choice in the activities. They may select the topic for
presentation and/or determine the tool they will use to meet the learning goal. Products of
learning will be uniquely designed. Teacher simply facilitates the learning in a lesson like this.

☐ Project-based and/or Publishable: Students are completing projects to demonstrate their learning
and the projects can be shared outside of the classroom. This objective could be reached by
displaying the project on the school’s morning newscast, posting the project to the classroom
blog, presenting it to another class, or publishing it via an outside source.

Lesson idea implementation:

Teacher will introduce the lesson with the digital story, Triangle’s Bad Day”. Students will
work with a partner to plan their own digital shape story using the storyboard template. For
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each panel student pairs could draw a shape and then underneath brainstorm objects in the
world around them with that shape. (15 minutes)

Each page should have a different shape. Students should describe the shape and name
different objects with that shape. After their storyboard is complete, the students will
conference with the teacher to go over their storyboard plan.
Students will then open Microsoft PowerPoint. They will create their own shape story
inserting shapes, stock images, and narration. (45 min)

Managing engagement: Describe a way to use this technology in a way that gets students
actively involved in authentic tasks and contexts? Students will be working with a partner.
The teacher will be conferencing with each pair after their storyboard is complete and then
monitoring pairs as they work with PowerPoint. Students will take turns on each page
inserting shapes and pictures and narrating. Students will be given a copy of the rubric to
refer to as they work in order to revisit the learning goal.
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

The students will be actively engaged in the collaborative lesson using technology to illustrate
their knowledge of shapes through the use of media and narration.

Reflecting on enhanced learning:

Students will be able to express their understanding of shapes through their words and
creative processes. I am looking forward to saving their stories as videos which can be shared
with others.