Finding All of the Flat Shapes

Kindergarten Math

2D shapes are all around us! In this lesson students will explore the properties of four different
shapes—triangles, circles, rectangles, and squares! They will learn that they can find these shapes anywhere in
the world around us.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. Students will be able to locate
examples of circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles in the world around them. Students will be able to
compare various types of shapes.

Materials and preparation Key terms

A Triangle for Adaora by Ifeoma Onyefulu two-dimensional or 2D

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban
Teacher Modeling Shapes Poster (SMARTBoard
file or printed poster)
Counting Shapes worksheets (rectangle,
triangle, square, circle)
"Flat Shapes" song lyrics
Shape Jumble worksheet
Trace, Color, Write worksheet
Crayons
Pencils

Attachments

Counting Circles (PDF)

Counting Rectangles (PDF)
Counting Triangles (PDF)
Counting Squares (PDF)
Flat Shapes Song (PDF)
Shape Jumble (PDF)
Teacher Modeling Shapes (PDF)
Teacher Modeling Shapes SMART Board File (NOTEBOOK)
Trace, Color, Write (PDF)

Introduction (10 minutes)

Tell the students that they will be learning about different kinds of two-dimensional (2D), or flat,
shapes.
Explain that 2D shapes are flat shapes, and point to one example in the classroom.
Read A Triangle for Adaora to the students.
Prior to reading each page, ask your students to name any types of shapes that they recognize.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling (5 minutes)

Using either the SMART Board file of the shapes poster or a printed PDF version of the poster, model the

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 process of identifying the shapes based on the numbers of sides that make each shape.
Count and label the sides of each shape, including a circle, rectangle, triangle, and square.

Guided Practice (10 minutes)

Display a printed copy of the shapes poster for student reference, or draw and label each of the shapes
on the board.
Distribute all four of the Counting Shapes worksheets to each of your students.
Have your students take turns circling the matching shapes in the pictures and naming the shapes.
Circulate around the room to check for understanding as students are working.

Independent working time (10 minutes)

Read the directions for Trace, Color, Write, and have students work independently on tracing the shapes,
coloring them according to the key, and writing a matching letter on each shape.
Circulate around the room, repeating directions as needed.

Related books and/or media

GAME: Shapes Ski Race

Differentiation

Enrichment: Introduce the hexagon, which has six sides. Have your students draw hexagons.
Support: For students who have difficulty with shape identification, reteach the shapes and have them
draw the shapes in the air with their fingers, saying the name of the shape as they draw the shape. Refer
students directly back to the poster that gives examples of different kinds of shapes.

Technology Integration

Students can use any type of publishing program such as Google Draw or Paint to create different
examples of triangles, circles, squares, and rectangles.

Assessment (5 minutes)

Have your students complete the Shape Jumble worksheet, identifying and coloring the specified shapes.
Using that same worksheet, call out each shape and have the students point to one of the shapes that
you call out.

Review and closing (5 minutes)

Sing the “Flat Shapes” song to the tune of one verse of “The Farmer in the Dell” with the students.
Invite the students to name all of the shapes and identify which shape is missing from the song.
Once the students name the rectangle as the missing shape, ask the students to name the shape that is
most similar to a rectangle. Your students should name the square because it has four sides.
Using one page from the book, Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban, have the students name and
identify the various shapes in the picture.

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 Kindergarten
Geometry & Counting
Counting Circles
How many circles are there in this picture? Count them
and write down the number below.

There are ________________________ circles in this picture.

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 Kindergarten
Geometry & Counting
Counting Rectangles
How many rectangles are there in this picture? Count them and write
down the number below.

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There are ________________________ rectangles in this picture.

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 Kindergarten
Geometry & Counting
Counting Triangles
How many triangles are there in this picture? Count them and write
down the number below.

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There are ________________________ triangles in this picture.

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 Flat Shapes Song
(To the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”)

Triangle, Circle, Square!

Triangle, Circle, Square!

These shapes are flat

And that is that!

Triangle, Circle, Square!

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 Shape Jumble
Color all the circles red, all the triangles blue,
and all the squares green.

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What shapes do we see?

Square
Triangle

Rectangle Circle

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 Two-Dimensional Shapes
Trace, color, and write

Trace each shape.

square circle triangle rectangle

Color the sqaures blue. Color the triangle green.

Color the circles orange. Color the rectangles red.

Write S on all squares. Write T on all triangles.

Write R on all rectangles. Write C on all circles.

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