Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Students look around the room & find surfaces that are rectangles, squares, etc. in shape.
Objective: Students begin to identify the uniqueness of rectangles, rhombuses, and squares.
Activity: Students look around the room and find surfaces that are rectangles, squares, or diamonds in shape. Have them explain what makes it the shape that it is and identify any differences between shapes.
