Describe Hexagons

Kindergarten
Cortney Houston

Standards: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.A.2
Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.6
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
Objectives: SWBAT identify hexagons and describe attributes of hexagons. SWBAT draw a
hexagon. SWBAT stay on task while working on the required worksheets.
Student Friendly Objective: I can find hexagons and explain what makes it a hexagon. I can
draw a hexagon.
Assessment: Students will complete 4 worksheets on hexagons and a lesson check/ review. For
the first worksheet the children need to identify and count the number of vertices and sides a
hexagon has and write the number in the appropriate place. Next the children need to draw a
hexagon on a grid. The next worksheet asks the children to solve a riddle, I have 6 sides and 6
vertices. What shape am I? Have them trace the hexagon once and then draw another one. The
next worksheet requires the children to draw another hexagon on a grid, identify the vertices and
sides and write those down. The last page is the lesson check where children have to write how
many sides a hexagon has, solve a simple addition problem and find the greater number out of
two given numbers.
Key Vocabulary: hexagon, sides, vertex and vertices
Anticipatory Set: Remember the songs I taught you last week to help you remember the shapes?
Lets sing them again to remember what makes all of our shapes different from our hexagon.
Recall Prior Knowledge: Call on a certain child who I know can draw hexagons, will you
come up and draw a hexagon. Lets see a thumbs up if this is a hexagon. Alright now lets talk
about why this is a hexagon.
Input/Modeling: Call on another child to come up and draw circles on the vertices and another
child to draw a line next to all of the sides. How do we know this is a hexagon and not another
shape? Keep it a secret. Raise your hand if you know why. Call on children to explain why it is
a hexagon. I am looking for the fact that it has 6 sides and 6 vertices, but I am open to hear other
reasons, because they normally come up with things I am not expecting. Ill also be okay with
reasons it is not a different shape, like: it has more than 4 sides, it is not round, it has more than 3
vertices, it isnt a rectangle, etc. Another possible answer is that it is flat.
Check for Understanding/Guided Practice: Lets see what our math friends have to say about
hexagons today. Every math lesson there is a required, about 5 minute, video. I have not seen
the video for this lesson, but it will most likely talk about how to draw a hexagon.

Describe Hexagons
Kindergarten
Cortney Houston

Closure: Pull up the math worksheets on the projector. Go over what to do on each page.
Practice drawing a couple of hexagons on the gridded pages, because that is a new worksheet
that they have not had any experience with before. Alright now Mrs. Castillow will explain what
you will be doing on the back table. When I am done saying all of the shapes and where you
go I want to you to quickly, without running, walk to your assigned center.
Independent Practice: One math center Mrs. Castillow planned, but it will be on the back left
table and review what we have learned about hexagons. The middle table will be I pads and
some will be on computers doing the math seeds program and the other center is back with me
working on the worksheets. The first worksheet the children need to identify and count the
number of vertices and sides a hexagon has and write the number in the appropriate place. Next
the children need to draw a hexagon on a grid. The next worksheet asks the children to solve a
riddle, I have 6 sides and 6 vertices. What shape am I? Have them trace the hexagon once and
then draw another one. The next worksheet requires the children to draw another hexagon on a
grid, identify the vertices and sides and write those down. The last page is the lesson check
where children have to write how many sides a hexagon has, solve a simple addition problem
and find the greater number out of two given numbers.
Differentiated Instruction/Accommodations: Aquiles has a hard time paying attention while
we are on the carpet. Keep him focused by asking him questions and keeping him involved in the
lesson. Weston has been doing really well on the worksheets lately, but needs one on one prompts
for each page. Give Nathan one step directions while he works on the worksheets. Constantly
remind him what he is to be doing and how to do it.
Summary: