Teacher Education Lesson Plan Template

Teacher: Anna Gillette Date: 3/1/18

Title of Lesson: Attributes of Shapes in Cooperating Teacher: Angela Webb
Architecture

Core Components
Subject, Content Area, or Topic
Geometry, Math
Student Population
17 Students
9 Girls
8 Boys
1Gifted
Learning Objectives
Students will identify shapes in ancient and modern day architecture.

Virginia Essential Knowledge and Skills (SOL)

3.14 The student will identify, describe, compare, and contrast characteristics of plane and
solid geometric figures (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, cube, rectangular prism, square
pyramid, sphere, cone, and cylinder) by identifying relevant characteristics, including the
number of angles, vertices, and edges, and the number and shape of faces, using
concrete models.

Materials/Resources
Pictures of modern day and ancient architecture with the same features (columns, arches)
in a flipchart with tables for listing attributes
Copies of ancient and modern examples

High Yield Instructional Strategies Used (Marzano, 2001)

Check if Used Strategy Return

Identifying Similarities & Differences 45%
Summarizing & Note Taking 34%
Reinforcing Efforts & Providing Recognition 29%
x Homework & Practice 28%
x Nonlinguistic Representations 27%
Cooperative Learning 23%
Setting Goals & Providing Feedback 23%
Generating & Testing Hypothesis 23%
Questions, Cues, & Advanced Organizers 22%

DOES YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL INPUT & MODELING YIELD THE POSITIVE RETURNS
YOU WANT FOR YOUR STUDENTS?
Check if Strategy Return
Used
McDonald’s Draft (2010). Modified by Kreassig and Gould (2014) for use with student teachers.
Revised August 2015
 Teach Others/Immediate Use of Learning 95%
x Practice by Doing 75%
Discussion 50%
x Demonstration 30%
x Audio Visual 20%
Reading 10%
Lecture 05%

Time
(min. Process Components
)
3 *Anticipatory Set
TTW post pictures of ancient and modern examples of architecture features and
structures from ancient Greek and Rome on one page of the flipchart. TSW use
the think-pair-share strategy to discuss shapes they notice in the pictures.
1 *State the Objectives (grade-level terms)
We will identify the attributes of shapes in ancient and modern day architecture.

2 *Instructional Input or Procedure

TTW review the attributes of the shapes from the day before with the students
using the class anchor chart and whole body motions.

2 *Check for Understanding

TTW display a triangle and ask students to give the name, number of sides,
number of angles, and turn and talk for the types of angles and sides.

1 *Modeling
TTW demonstrate drawing shapes over the architecture and finding and listing the
attributes of the Parthenon in a chart.

3 *Guided Practice
TTW model drawing over a picture of a house with columns and a triangle like the
parthenon under the document camera. TSW follow along on their copies. TT and
TSW find the attributes and list them in a provided chart.
6 *Independent Practice
TSW continue to find shapes and their respective attributes and list them in the
provided charts.
n/a Assessment
TTW check the student’s papers after the activity is over using the following
guidelines:
Did not draw shapes or give counts of sides and angles - N, drew shapes and
attempted to give counts of sides and angles but was not consistently accurate -
DP, Accurately chartered sides and angles, and made an attempt at finding more

McDonald’s Draft (2010). Modified by Kreassig and Gould (2014) for use with student teachers.
Revised August 2015
 specific attributes - P, Accurately chartered acute, obtuse, right angles and
congruent and non-congruent sides - AP
3 *Closure
TTW review the activity with the students reminding them of the lesson objectives
and asking a few students to share the shapes they found under the document
camera.
Differentiation Strategies
Students who cannot grasp the more complicated attributes will be encouraged to focus
on the basic ones first and then go back and look at the more complex ones as time
allows, and there is plenty of advanced work to keep all students occupied. Using the real
world examples will help make the abstract concepts more concrete for students who
struggle with abstract thinking.
Classroom Management Issues
Allowing students to talk at the beginning of the lesson and making sure all of the students
have a thorough understanding of what we are doing before they work independently will
help with many classroom management issues.

*Denotes Madeline Hunter lesson plan elements.

McDonald’s Draft (2010). Modified by Kreassig and Gould (2014) for use with student teachers.
Revised August 2015