SIOP Hexagon Lesson Plan

By: Christie Marks

1.

Lesson Preparation
a. General Information
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Subject Area/Topic: Hexagons/Math
Student Demographics: 18 students, 12 boys, 6 girls
Lesson Duration: 30 minutes
b. State and/or National Standard(s) and/or Benchmark(s)
MAFS.K.G.1.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
MAFS.K.G.1 Identify and describe shapes.
c. Learning Objective(s)/Outcomes(s)/Essential Question(s)/Content Objectives
Objectives:
SWBAT identify shapes as hexagons or not hexagons.
SWBAT describe a hexagons features.
Essential Questions:
What is a hexagon?
d. Language Objectives
SWBAT describe what a hexagon is.
e. ESOL Teaching Strategy
a. Move it!
f. Detailed List of Materials and Resources for Teacher and Students
Math manipulative shapes
Hexagon Worksheet
Pencils
Doc Cam

2. Building Background
Concepts are explicitly linked to students' background experiences.
I will ask if the students remember learning about hexagons the prior day. I will ask how
many sides it has and how many corners it has. This will activate their minds to be
thinking of that shape.
3. Comprehensible Input

Teacher candidate's explanation of academic tasks is clear. Teacher candidate uses a variety
of techniques to make content concepts clear (e.g., modeling, visuals, hands-on activities,
demonstrations, gestures, body language).
I will show them a few different shapes and ask them if it is a hexagon or not. This will
get their minds thinking in the direction of sorting shapes. It gives a great visual and the
sorting audibly is also a form of modeling.
4. Strategies (include a Step-by-Step Instructional Plan)
Teacher candidate provides ample opportunities for students to use the ESOL teaching
strategy which the teacher candidate is demonstrating.
Each student will get a bag of shapes. They will begin sorting their shapes on their paper.
The manipulatives get the kids moving, sorting, and actively engaged with the content. I
will give time to sort and also time for the kids to really interact with the shapes. They
will trace them following the sorting process.
5. Interaction
There are frequent opportunities for interaction and discussion between teacher
candidate/student and among students, which encourage elaborated responses about lesson
concepts.
As the kids are sorting and tracing, I will be walking around the room to guide and
correct students. I will be checking for understanding during this time.
6. Practice/Application
Teacher candidate provides activities for students to apply content and language knowledge
in the classroom.
We will continue through the worksheet and the kids will come up to the board and mark
an X on the hexagon. The class will confirm if it is correct or not after each student marks
the shape.
7. Lesson Delivery
The pacing of the lesson is appropriate to the students' ability level.
The students will continue the work in the worksheet and will have opportunities to share
their work and to come up to the board. I will provide the directions for each page, time
to complete it, then finish each page with a review on the SMART board, which will get
kids up and moving. This sort of pacing is ideal for this age group.
8. Review/Assessment
Teacher candidate provides a comprehensive review of key content concepts.
I will review the key features of a hexagon. The kids will attempt to draw their own. They
will need to count and make sure it has six sides and six vertices. The worksheet will be
collected. (Students can trace the hexagon manipulative if needed, since the shape is
difficult for kindergartners to draw).