Title:Creating "Shape Box" lyrics
Date: 9/15/201X
Grade Level: 4th
Materials
- Overhead projector
- Transparency of original "Shape
Box" lyrics
- Transparencies of lyrics written by last
year's students
- White paper
Purpose
To review the properties of polygons with the integration
of writing in order to help meet the St. Charles Community School
District Fourth Grade Goal of "understanding the concept of
measurement by use of angles and shapes."
Objective
TLW demonstrate their knowledge of polygons by
contributing to the creation of four lyrics that correctly describe/define
their group's given shape with 4 out of 4 lyrics correct considered
mastery.
Procedure:
Attention-getter
- Students will be able to
listen to the "Shape
Box" lyrics again in order to reiterate the beat and melody.
Activities
- T will then inform the s's that they will be creating, in their
groups, their own four lyrics to the song.
- T will place overheads of last year's created lyrics on the overhead
to serve as a model.
- T
will have students sing the lyrics on the overhead. T will read
them aloud.
- T
will then say that the lyrics have to describe their given shape/term
and also have to name their shape/term within the four lyrics.
- T
will say that they will turn in one set of lyrics to the T, so
one person should be the recorder for their team.
- T will give the s's 20 minutes to work.
- T will say that they do not have to rhyme, but they perhaps
might want to sing it out loud to make sure it would fit in the
melody of the song.
- T will assign the following terms to each group:
- Hawaii - Quadrangle
- West - Regular Polygon
- Southwest - Rectangles
- Midwest - Perpendicular lines
- Alaska - Polygon
- Northeast - Concave polygon
- Southeast - Parallelogram
Closure/Review
- T will assess the lyrics and
look for errors. If any occur, T will ask group to correct them.
T will then type out lyrics and the next day the students will be
able to sing their own lyrics.
Assessment
TL demonstrated their knowledge of polygons by
contributing to the creation of four lyrics that correctly describe/define
their group's given shape with 4 out of 4 lyrics correct considered
mastery.
Diversity
Each student is able to contribute and apply their
own knowledge of polygons and geometric terms in order to create a lyric
that will correctly define their given shape or term.
Teacher Focus: Pacing, giving clear directions. |