MATHEMATICS

Shapes and Their Attributes

2-Dimensional Shapes
Duration: 60 minutes

After completing this lesson, students

will be able to,
Learning
objectives ▪ Recognize different shapes.
▪ Sort shapes into categories based on
their attributes.

Shapes Quadrilateral
Vertex Pentagon
Key Vocabulary
Side Hexagon
Triangle

Engage Suggested Duration: 15 minutes

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To test the prior Testing the Start the session by

understanding students’ showing a picture
of the students knowledge to students and ask
them:
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about the about different Q: Name the
shapes. shapes. different shapes in
the picture given
below.

Let the students

observe and
answer the
question.
Further ask them
to count each
shape mentioned
by them.
Ask another
question:
Q: Count the total
number of shapes
in the picture.

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Let the students

count and identify
different shapes in
the picture.

Another question:
Q: Identify and
match the
following shapes.

Let the student

match the shape

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with the correct
shape.

Explore Suggested Duration: 5 minutes

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Identify the By the end, Ask the students to

different students will be look at the picture:
shapes. able to identify
Q: Name each
the shapes.
shape in the picture
and count how
many are there.

▪ Number of Circles:
4

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▪ Number of
Triangles: 5
▪ Number of Square:
3
▪ Total number of
Shapes: 12

Explain Suggested Duration: 20 minutes

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Introduce the By the end, The teacher shows

triangle and its students will be different pictures
attributes. able to related to the
understand the triangular shape
triangle and and asks them:
their attributes.
Which shape does it
represent?

The teacher asks

the students to give
some more

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examples related to
the shape in daily
life.
Explain:
Triangle and its
attributes:

From the above

picture we can say
that a triangle has 3
sides and 3 vertices.
The teacher shows
some more
triangles which can
be drawn in
separate ways.

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Not triangles:
The teacher shows
some shapes which
Introduce By the end, do not represent
quadrilateral students will be triangles.
and its able to
attributes understand
quadrilateral
The teacher shows
and its
different pictures
attributes.
related to the
quadrilateral shape
and asks them:
Which shape does it
represent?

The teacher asks

students to give
some more
examples related to

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the shape in daily
life.
Explain:
Quadrilateral and its
attributes:

From the above

picture we can say
that a quadrilateral
has 4 sides and 4
vertices.
The teacher shows
some more
triangles which can
be drawn in
separate ways.

Not quadrilaterals:

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The teacher shows
some shapes which
do not represent
quadrilaterals.

Q: Identify the
shape that is not a
quadrilateral.

Answer:

This is not a
quadrilateral

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because it has 5
sides.

Elaborate Suggested Duration: 5 minutes

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Sort shapes and Students will The teacher further

their attributes. be able to elaborates about
understand the shape as given
pentagon, below:
hexagon, and
Pentagon and its
their attributes.
attributes:

▪ It has 5 sides.
▪ It has 5 vertices.
Hexagon and its
attributes:

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▪ It has 6 sides.
▪ It has 6 vertices.
Not pentagons and
not hexagons:
The teacher shows
some shapes which
do not represent
pentagons and
hexagons.

Evaluation Suggested Duration: 10 minutes

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To make Students will The teacher asks

students solve a be able to solve the students some
few questions. a few problems questions related to

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that include the the topic and
concepts. evaluates them:
Q: Name all the
shapes used in the
picture.

Q: Observe the
picture and find the
number of circles,
triangles,
quadrilaterals, and
pentagons.

Q: Find the total

number of triangles
in the picture.

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Q: Name each
shape. Find the
number of sides and
vertices.

Q: Identify the
shape which is not a
hexagon.

Q: Connect all the

dots to make
shapes that have
vertices. Name the

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shapes that you
make.

Summarize Suggested Duration: 5 minutes

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Revision Students will The teacher

be able to: summarizes the
Make students
entire concept by
revise the whole ▪ Recognize
showing the
concept. different
pictures below:
shapes.
▪ Sort shapes
into categories
based on their
attributes.

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