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Shapes

Students will use the Kid Pix Studio Deluxe computer software program to draw a circle, square, rectangle, and triangle. They will be instructed to make the shapes a certain color and size. Then they will print their work.

A lesson plan for grade K Mathematics

By Di Small

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Learning outcomes

Students will learn:

  • how to open a computer program.
  • how to open a file and retrieve a template.
  • how to draw a circle using the circle tool and the shift key.
  • how to draw a square using the square tool and the shift key.
  • how to draw a rectangle using the square tool.
  • how to draw a triangle using the straight-line tool.
  • how to make their shapes a certain color and color.
  • how to type their name.
  • how to print their work.

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

30.00 minutes

Materials/resources

None

Technology resources

computers

Kid Pix Studio Deluxe software program

printer

Pre-activities

In whole group instruction, discuss the attributes of circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. Ask students to describe the likenesses and differences among the four shapes.

Let students practice drawing these shapes in the air, on the chalkboard, and on paper.

Students will look for and identify these shapes in the classroom, on the playground, and in other parts of the school.

Activities

First Class of 40 minutes:

Kindergarten students go to the school computer lab with their 4th grade “Reading Buddies.” They will each work at a computer with a 4th grade student. The older students have been asked to demonstrate to the kindergarteners how to use the straight-line tool and the circle and square tools to draw the 4 shapes and how to change the colors and sizes of the shapes. Then, the kindergarteners will practice drawing the shapes and making them different sizes and colors, with their 4th grade “buddy” assisting.

Second Class of 40 minutes:

Kindergarteners go to the computer lab with the classroom teacher and the technology teacher. Each student works at a computer. They log in and open the Kid Pix Studio Deluxe software program. The classroom teacher and the technology teacher review on the computer video projector how to draw a cirle, square, triangle, and rectangle and how to change their size and color. The children practice at their computers.

Third Class of 1 hour:

The teacher calls small groups of children over to the classroom computers during Center Time. The teacher demonstrates how to open a file and how to print a picture. Children practice these steps.

Fourth Class of 1 Hour:

The teacher calls 3 children at a time to work at the classroom computers during Center Time. The Kid Pix Studio Deluxe software program is open at each computer. Students are instructed to:

  • go to file
  • open a picture
  • go to the network-drive
  • open a template (see attachment)
  • type their name at the top
  • follow the printed instructions for drawing shapes and making them a certain size and color
  • print their work

Assessment

  • The teacher will assess the printed work of each student.
  • The teacher will give one-on-one help to any child that does not get 75% percent accuracy (3 out of the 4 shapes).
  • Each student will be able to type his/her name (by clicking the cursor at the top of the screen) with 100% accuracy.

Supplemental information

The attachment below is a Kid Pix template. Save the attachment to a disk and open in Kid Pix Deluxe
OR you can open the same attachment as a jpg file.

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North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Computer Technology Skills (2005)

Kindergarten

  • Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of computer and other technologies.
    • Objective 2.02: Identify, discuss, and use word processing as a tool to enter letters, numbers and words. Strand - Keyboard Utilization/Word Processing/Desk Top Publishing

Mathematics (2004)

Kindergarten

  • Goal 3: Geometry - The learner will explore the concepts of geometry.
    • Objective 3.01: Identify, build, draw, and name triangles, rectangles, and circles; identify, build, and name spheres and cubes.
    • Objective 3.02: Compare geometric shapes (identify likenesses and differences).