Maths Planner

Student Learning Share /

Sequence
Warm up Activity (including Lesson Focus Reflection /
Focus
introduction) Assessment
1 Draw a square on Pretest: children draw the We are learning Share/Reflection:
PRETEST the board. shapes they know and name about triangles, Share your work
Tell me 10 things them. (pf) circles, squares, with a friend.
Monday you know about a and rectangles
11.30 square. Introduce students to This will help us Assessment:
12.30 squares, circles, triangles and to identify Crosschecks WS for
rectangles. Talk about the simple 2D portfolio
different shapes and have shapes.
children say what they know.
Record name next to what
they know.
2 Number Clues: Students sort different We are learning Share/Reflection:
Children are given shapes according to about triangles, Turn and Talk
different clues properties. Students name circles, squares, about the shapes
Tuesday about a number the shapes as they sort them. and rectangles they sorted.
12.30 and they have to This will help us
1.25 guess what number to sort simple 2D Assessment:
it is. E.g. it is a Students make a shape shapes. Crosscheck
curvy number, it is puppet for their favourite
a single digit shape.
number, it is odd, it
rhymes with tree.

3 My Shape, Your Go on a shape hunt in the We are learning Share/Reflection:

Thursday Shape playground. Students draw to find shapes in Reflection Pictures
11.30 Children sit facing the shapes they see and the Assessment:
12.30 their partner and where they see them. Count environment. observation &
give number clues how many squares, circles, This will help us discussion
taking it in turns. triangles and rectangles to find and Observe students
Partner guesses found. Graph the number of identify basic & discuss students
shape. shapes found. (Take camera shapes. observations.
outside. Photograph shapes
found & make into a class
book.)
4 I drew a shape with Make shapes from We are learning Share/Reflection:
four sides. What playdough. Make into a to make shapes Gallery walk.
Friday might my shape picture (such as a house.) with playdough. Students look at
11.30 look like? This will help us others shape
12.30 Have a shape to recognise, pictures.
drawn (but hidden) copy and model
so the students can points, lines and Assessment:
compare their free hand Observation of
shapes with it. curves. finished playdough
Make sure students pictures.
see all the four-
sided shapes that
are produced.