Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture students' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to students and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal student responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of students.

Cakewalk with shapes, music, and attempts at descriptions.

Objective: To match shapes and attributes of geometric figures.

Activity: Take class outside to blacktop. Bring one cardboard shape for each child (color coded) and masking tape. Tape the shapes to the blacktop. (Put them on the surface in a square, cakewalk fashion.) Bring wheel or shape cards, and a cassette tape recorder with a music tape. Spin the wheel as children walk around the square to music. When it stops, the children standing on that shape and color must describe an attribute of that figure.

Assessment: Observe variety and knowledge or proper adjectives when describing shapes.