Station 10: Literature
Shapes by Stephanie Reid
Publication Date: August 1, 2010
Children will be inspired to tell their own stories with this wordless book, filled with engaging, colorful images that show shapes in the world around us.
A Circle Here, A Square There by David Diehl
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
The youngest children will love this—and so will adults who enjoy sharing reading time with them. Each picture in A Circle Here, A Square There brings out the angles, curves, and lines in objects both everyday and unexpected. Artist David Diehl creates engagingly active graphic designs: whether it’s the secretive square of a wrapped gift, the surprising crescent of a moon, or the (nibbled) triangle of a piece of pizza, all the illustrations are striking and exuberantly colorful. Kids will make exciting connections between the letters of the simple words on the page, the exciting images, and the common shapes of the world around them.
The youngest children will love this—and so will adults who enjoy sharing reading time with them. Each picture in A Circle Here, A Square There brings out the angles, curves, and lines in objects both everyday and unexpected. Artist David Diehl creates engagingly active graphic designs: whether it’s the secretive square of a wrapped gift, the surprising crescent of a moon, or the (nibbled) triangle of a piece of pizza, all the illustrations are striking and exuberantly colorful. Kids will make exciting connections between the letters of the simple words on the page, the exciting images, and the common shapes of the world around them.
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban
Publication Date: March 29, 1996
Whenever you are -- inside or outside -- there are shapes to discover. And with Tana Hoban's help you will begin to see them. Look around. How many circles, squares, stars, triangles, hearts, and rectangles can you see?
They are everywhere!
Skills Content: Understanding solid geometric figures
Objective: The student will identify, describe, compare, and contrast characteristics of plane geometric figures by identifying relevant characteristics, including the number of angles, vertices, and edges, using concrete models.
Materials:
· Books that discuss shapes in real world (listed above)
· Shapes All Around Me Chart (attached)
Directions:
Put students into small groups (2-3), and give each group one of the solid geometric figures. Instruct the students in the group to select a book to read. Have students discuss the shapes that the books identify as being apart of the real world. Students will then use the chart provided to record the shapes discovered, as well as record the identifying properties of each shape.
Assessment:
o Listen to hear the vocabulary that the students are using to describe the shapes in the pictures.
o Have students submit their recording sheets when finished.
Differentiation:
o List some other real-world objects that are shaped like rectangles, squares, circles, and triangles which are not in the book.
o Have student pairs or groups participate in a “real-world” geometric figure scavenger hunt around the classroom. Have students record their finds in a chart with five columns in which to list the examples of the geometric figures that they find.
References:
http://www.amazon.com/Circle-Here-Square-There-Shapes/dp/1600591167/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355688610&sr=1-4&keywords=shapes
http://www.amazon.com/Shapes-Tana-Hoban/dp/0688147402/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355688610&sr=1-1&keywords=shapes
http://www.amazon.com/Shapes-Literacy-Language-Learning-Concept/dp/1433323257/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355688996&sr=1-1&keywords=1433323257
Objective: The student will identify, describe, compare, and contrast characteristics of plane geometric figures by identifying relevant characteristics, including the number of angles, vertices, and edges, using concrete models.
Materials:
· Books that discuss shapes in real world (listed above)
· Shapes All Around Me Chart (attached)
Directions:
Put students into small groups (2-3), and give each group one of the solid geometric figures. Instruct the students in the group to select a book to read. Have students discuss the shapes that the books identify as being apart of the real world. Students will then use the chart provided to record the shapes discovered, as well as record the identifying properties of each shape.
Assessment:
o Listen to hear the vocabulary that the students are using to describe the shapes in the pictures.
o Have students submit their recording sheets when finished.
Differentiation:
o List some other real-world objects that are shaped like rectangles, squares, circles, and triangles which are not in the book.
o Have student pairs or groups participate in a “real-world” geometric figure scavenger hunt around the classroom. Have students record their finds in a chart with five columns in which to list the examples of the geometric figures that they find.
References:
http://www.amazon.com/Circle-Here-Square-There-Shapes/dp/1600591167/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355688610&sr=1-4&keywords=shapes
http://www.amazon.com/Shapes-Tana-Hoban/dp/0688147402/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355688610&sr=1-1&keywords=shapes
http://www.amazon.com/Shapes-Literacy-Language-Learning-Concept/dp/1433323257/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355688996&sr=1-1&keywords=1433323257
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