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 sort objects by shape; identify and draw shapes; "be" shapes.
Objective: To broaden student understanding of basic geometric shapes.
Activity: A. Working in small groups, students are given a set of boxes, each of which has one of the basic shapes represented on it. Given a variety of everyday objects, students will decide each item's basic shape and place it in the correct box. B. Students will place hands inside several "mystery boxes" each of which contain an item with a basic geometric shape. Students will identify and draw, and label each shape they identify. C. Working in small groups, students will kinesthetically "Be" each shape.
