Mathematics — Kindergarten

Bouncing bubbles

Students will listen to Bubbles Bubbles by Mercer Mayer and a bubble poem before exploring the joys of bubble blowing. Students will observe bubbles, discuss their observations and create illustrations and stories to share.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)

By Karen Rice.

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.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Computer Technology Skills)

By Di Small.

"Shaping Up" with Ordinal Numbers

This lesson teaches students ordinal numbers through literature, and a visual memory game, and it reviews shapes, colors, and ordinal numbers with a listening and following-directions assessment.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)

By Sue Bowen.

Stamp It Here, Stamp It There. Stamp It Where?

Using a drawing program (Kid Pix), students will integrate English Language Arts and Technology Skills as they work with Geometry skills.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Computer Technology Skills)

By Mary Rizzo.

Lesson plans on the web

Adjective Monster

Students explore the connections between visual art and language arts, and how both are used to creatively tell stories and express emotions. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Mathematics)

Provider: ARTSEDGE: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Figuring in football

Students examine the influences of pattern, symmetry, and design in the real-world, by looking at a football field. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Geoboards

Students identify and recognize triangles using multiple representations, locate triangles in their environment, and construct triangles. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Going Beyond with Triangles

Students create a class triangle book and work with tangrams. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Going on a shape hunt: Integrating math and literacy

Students learn shape names, locate shapes in their environment, practice spelling out the names of items and shapes they locate, and reflect, in writing, on the process. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

How Do You Build Triangles?

Students investigate basic properties of triangles. They then investigate the relationships among basic geometric shapes and communicate their findings to their peers. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

I've Seen That Shape Before

In a variety of activities, students use physical models of simple solid shapes, and identify these shapes in the real-world and in pictures found on websites. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Investigating the concept of triangle and properties of polygons

Describes activities using interactive geoboards to help students identify simple geometric shapes, describe their properties, and develop spatial sense. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Making Rectangles

Students use their knowledge of numbers, measurement and geometry to plan the steps necessary for a ladybug to draw rectangles of different sizes. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Making Triangles

Students use 45- and 90-degree angles to create triangles and develop an understanding of the relationship between angles and the shape of a triangle. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Making Virtual Triangles

Students identify and recognize triangles using multiple representations interactive electronic geoboards to explore the characteristics of triangles. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Putting it all together

Students create, design, and evaluate different structures. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Puzzling Relationships

Students use concrete materials to develop the skills needed to work with interactive Tangram puzzles in Lesson Seven. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Teaching shapes using read-alouds, visualization, and sketch to stretch

Students explore shape and pattern through an adapted sketch to stretch strategy and read-alouds of winter-themed books. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Three Sides

Students identify and recognize triangles using multiple representations. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Tracing and drawing

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students identify and recognize triangles using multiple representations, draw triangles, and locate triangles in their environment. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics