What Shape Is It?

In this lesson, students will learn to recognize and draw 2-dimensional shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of sides. The teacher will address certain misconceptions students might have about shape recognition. For example, if you tilt a square, is it still a square? Or, if you tilt a right angle, is it still a right angle? Recognizing shapes goes well beyond memorization or matching names to shapes. A student’s ability to use reasoning when analyzing shapes and their attributes is key to their mastery of description and analysis of shapes. To determine if mastery of the skills and concepts taught in this lesson have been achieved, several assessments will be given.