LESSON PLAN

The geometric shapes

Cabr Roca, Joan

Domingo Snchez, Mnica
Garca Milln, Vernica
Fernndez Garca, Paula
Parra Parra, M Fernanda
17/04/2015
Postgrau en Ensenyament i Aprenentatge de lAngls com a L3
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
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NDEX

1. General lesson plan : The geometric shapes

2. Tables of sessions

Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5

3. Conclusion
4. Bibliography
5. Appendix

1. GENERAL LESSON PLAN THE GEOMETRICAL SHAPES

CLASS GROUP

DURATION

3rd of Primary
Education

5 sessions of 60
minutes.

(15 students)
SUBJECTS INVOLVED
The lesson plan involves the following
subjects:

PERIOD
Second term

SCHOOL YEAR
2014-2015

TEACHERS
Cabr Roca, Joan
Domingo Snchez, Mnica
Garca Milln, Vernica
Fernndez Garca, Paula
Parra Parra, M Fernanda

TITLE AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE UNIT

It is a school situated in the middle of the town of Rub. There is Pre-primary, Primary and
Secondary Education. There are two levels in every year; A and B. The predominant language
in the school is Spanish, because children speak in this language. The vehicular language of
education is Catalan, but there are some subjects that are taught in English. The methodology
of the school wants to promote this third language.

Maths
Field of languages. It is included
the foreign language English.
This lesson plan is called The geometrical shapes. It is focused in the subject of maths and it
Arts & Crafts
is addressed to middle cycle, concretely in the third grade of primary education. We decided to
work on the area of maths because it will be an interesting topic to relate with the context of
our students. With this lesson plan we want to create and purpose different tasks for our
students to achieve the contents in an active and dynamic way. So, students will participate in
a lot of tasks and at the same time they will be able to think about it.
The most important thing of being an English teacher is to be able to create attractive material
for the students and use dynamic methodologies. In our opinion, the best way to learn a
language is by doing, because the most important thing is to be able to communicate a

message. So, it doesnt matter if students know grammatical rules perfectly, the most important
thing is to communicate with each other.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

BASIC SKILLS

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The general learning objectives are:

Linguistic and communicative competence
Space and shape:

To identify and describe verbally,

using specialized vocabulary, the
properties of the geometric shapes.

To explore and recognize congruent

and similar shapes.

To describe an object using

appropriated vocabulary.

To build and represent polygons on

paper.

To identify, recognize and describe

polygons.

To classify forms according to geometric

characteristics (sides, angles).

Use ICT and drawing tools to represent

geometric models.

Autonomy and individual initiative

Competence

Active participation in the different

activities.

Knowledge and interaction with the physical

world competence

Respect for classmates.

Social and civic competence

Understanding the key things of the unit.

Cultural and artistic competence

Digital competence
Mathematical competence
Learning to learn

CONTENT AREA

LANGUAGE

Speaking and interaction

Listening and understanding

Read and understanding

Working knowledge of the language and learning.

GEOMETRY

Review of different geometric shapes.

Classification of polygons according to the number of sides: triangles, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon.

Review of the parts of polygons: sides, vertex and angles.

Classification of triangles according to the sides and angles.

Application of knowledge doing a final activity.

Tables of the sessions

TABLE SESSION 1

OBJECTIVES
Language aims
To use the forms there is and there are.
To use the forms it is and they are.
Content aim
To identify the different geometrical shapes: triangle, square, rectangle,
pentagon, hexagon, circle and circumference.

PRE- TASK
TIMING

15
minutes

MATERIAL
- List What do we know and
What do we not know?
- IWB (interactive whiteboard)

DIVERSITY ATTENTION
If there is someone who needs special
attention, the teacher will explain
him/her the task in Spanish. Then the
teacher will help him/her to create
sentences.

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

The teacher will guide and

help the students.

Students will pay attention to

the teacher indications and
they will think sentences to
complete the list together.

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

The teacher shows two lists in the digital board: WHAT DO WE KNOW? and WHAT DO NOT KNOW? The students think one sentence for
each column and they write it on the interactive whiteboard.
TASK
TIMING

MATERIAL

- Memorys game
35
- Tangram + worksheet
minutes - Activities online (computers)

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

If there is someone who needs

The teacher will guide and Students will pay attention to
help the students.
special attention, the teacher will
the teacher indications and
help to him/her to complete all the
they will play the three games
games.
in groups.
DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

The teacher explains to the group the three games. Classroom is divided in 3 areas (three different games). In groups of five students rotate
through each game for ten minutes approximately. The games are:
1. Memorys game
2. Tangram
3. Online activities
POST-TASK
TIMING
10
minutes

MATERIAL
-

Picture of landscape.
IWB (interactive whiteboard)

DIVERSITY ATTENTION
If there is someone who needs
special attention, the teacher will
help to him/her to find the
geometric shapes. His/her
partners can also help him/her.

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

The teacher will guide and Students will pay attention to

help the students.
the teacher indications and
they will play the three games
in groups.

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

After doing the three games, students need to find some geometric shapes in the picture that the teacher suggests. The teacher shares on
the interactive whiteboard the answer with all the geometric shapes that they can find in the picture.
Homework: Students need to bring a picture with geometric figures for the session 2.
OBJECTIVES

TABLE SESSION 2

Language aims
To interact and communicate knowledge among them.
Content aim
To recognize the characteristics of each form: vertexes, sides and angles.

PRE- TASK

TIMING

MATERIAL
- Each student has got her/his
own picture.

15
minutes

DIVERSITY ATTENTION
If there is someone who needs special
attention, the teacher will help him/her
to show the picture to his/her partners.

TEACHER ROLE

The teacher will guide and

help the students.

STUDENT ROLE
Students will pay attention to
the explanation of their
partners.

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

Students show their pictures to classmates.
TASK
TIMING
30
minutes

MATERIAL

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

Prezi presentation.
Worksheet Angles, sides and
vertexes.

If there is someone who needs

special attention, the teacher will
translate some vocabulary during
the presentation.

The teacher will guide and

help the students.

Students will pay attention to

the teacher explanation and
they will do the worksheet in
pairs.

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

The teacher explains through a prezi presentation the theory (vertexes, sides and angles). Then, they complete a worksheet in pairs.
(https://prezi.com/sc4ncgicucr3/copia-de-current-event/)
POST-TASK
TIMING
-

MATERIAL

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

Worksheet Angles, sides and

If there is someone who needs

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

The teacher will guide and Students will pay attention to

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minutes

vertexes.

special attention, the teacher will

help him/her to complete the
worksheet. The teacher can also
write some key words on the
blackboard.

help the students.

the
correction
worksheet.

of

the

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

All the class correct the worksheet together. Then, the teacher creates different groups of three students. Firstly, each group chooses a
geometric form (triangle, square, rectangle, pentagon and hexagon) and the teacher explains the activity (this will be homework).
Homework: Students need to bring for the next lesson five printed images about different objects that have the form that they choose.

OBJECTIVES

Language aims
To communicate simple ideas using the specific vocabulary of the
lesson (vertex, angles, sides and forms).
TABLE SESSION 3

TIMING

MATERIAL
-

15
minutes

Content aim
PRE- TASK
To classify polygons according to the sides and angles.
DIVERSITY ATTENTION

IWB (interactive whiteboard) If there is someone who needs special

attention, the teacher will help him/her
Chart showing the
to
translate some specific vocabulary.
characteristics of polygons.

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

The teacher will guide and

help the students.

Students will pay attention to

the explanation of the
teacher.

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

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The teacher explains on the interactive whiteboard and through a graphic the classification of the polygons.
TASK
TIMING

MATERIAL
- Cardboards (one for each group)

30
minutes

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

If there is someone who needs

special attention, the teacher will
help him/her to organize all the
information.

The teacher will guide and

help the students.

Students will create an

original cardboard with the
most important information
about each polygon.

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

Students with the previous groups (one group = one polygon) and after understanding the graphic have to create a cardboard with their
pictures, explaining their polygon but using their own style. At the end we will have 5 cardboard explaining 5 different polygons.
POST-TASK
TIMING

MATERIAL
-

15
minutes

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

If there is someone who needs

The teacher writes on the
special attention, the teacher will whiteboard some questions
help him/her by giving some clues for guiding the students to
share their knowledge.
to answer the questions.

STUDENT ROLE
Student share they own
knowledge to the other
partners.

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

Show & Tell using technique of groups of experts (one member of each group/polygon will join with other members/polygons to form one
new groups with all the polygons worked separately, and explain the different characteristics of each one.

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OBJECTIVES

Language aims
Content aim

TABLE SESSION 4

PRE- TASK
TIMING

MATERIAL

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

TASK
TIMING

MATERIAL

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

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DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/59b1535b-a10c-4d06-8ea9-f1a98e622c80

POST-TASK
TIMING

MATERIAL

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

OBJECTIVES

Language aims
TABLE SESSION 5

Content aim

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PRE- TASK

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TIMING

MATERIAL

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

- Worksheet: Geometric shapes

(final activity)

If there is any student with a special

need, the teacher will give a
personalized support.

The teacher explain the

question of the final acitivity

10
minutes

STUDENT ROLE

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

The teacher will remember the students the rules to keep in mind during an exam: being in silence and raising the hand for some doubt. He
also will read the questions aloud to solve any doubts.
TASK
TIMING

MATERIAL

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

- Worksheet: Geometric shapes (final

If there is any student with a
The teacher will answer the
special need, the teacher will give questions or doubts of the
40
activity)
a personalized support.
students.
minutes

STUDENT ROLE
Students have to do the
exam. If they dont
understand anything they
have to put the hand up to be
helped by the teacher.

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

The teacher will be walking around the class paying attention if any student raises the hand to ask her some doubt.
POST-TASK
TIMING

MATERIAL

DIVERSITY ATTENTION

TEACHER ROLE

STUDENT ROLE

15

10
minutes

- The pajifiguri provided by the

teacher or the notebook to do
the geometric series

If there is any student with a Teacher will be working with If any student finishes the
special need, the teacher will the student who has finished work early, he or she will be
the final activity earlier.
able to do two exercises; the
give a personalized support.

first consists on creating a

form using the pajifiguri and
the second consists on
drawing in the notebook,
geometry series and colour it.

DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANISATION

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3. CONCLUSIONS
During the application of this project The geometrical shapes students will
learn more about this theme and they will also learn specific vocabulary. The
teacher also has all the instructions and materials to do it correctly, but we know
that each group is different. So, the materials can be modified.
It is formed by five sessions of one hour approximately. We decided to use new
tools to capture the interest of our students. Therefore, during the whole lesson
plan students will work individually, in pairs and in groups. So, this fact helps us
to pay attention for the diversity and necessities of each student.
While we were creating the project we find some difficulties. The first one was to
decide the evaluation criteria. We always work with the same structure of
Unitat Didctica and this time was different. This fact affects us, but we know
that it is very important to learn other ways to create a lesson plan. So, that is
why we think that it was an interesting activity to do it as a final compulsory
task.
Secondly, it was complicated to meet outside the university because we live in
different places. For this reason, we decided to use new technologies in order to
elaborate the project using Google drive. It was interesting to work separated
but at the same together.
In conclusion, we think that this project of CLIL could be used for us and for
other teachers in the future. Although, it is very important to know that it is
necessary to do it with our students to improve all the materials suggested.

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4. BIBLIOGRAPHY
In order to do this lesson plan we have consulted the following sources:

Curriculum of Primary Education

Your dictionary. Retrieved from

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/what-are-examples-of-geometricshapes.html

Geometric shapes . Retrieved from

https://www.risd.k12.nm.us/assessment_evaluation/ImprovSBAscores/3rdgr
ade/geometric%20shapes.pdf

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5. APPENDIX
SESSION 1
Pre-task: List What do we know and What do we not know?
Task: memorys game, tangram and online activities
Post-task: Live geometric shapes

SESSION 2
Task: Prezi presentation and worksheet Angles, sides and vertexes

SESSION 3
Pre-task: Polygons chart
Task: Questions as a guide

SESSION 4
Task: Kahoot link

SESSION 5
Task: Final activity Geometric shapes

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