Geoboard Lesson : Picture This

Lesson Plan (taken from CD) - Picture This
Level K

Objective: Students will create Geoboard shapes to represent objects.
Keeping the objects hidden; children will try to guess them. Last; they will
copy a representation of the object.

Materials:

• Geoboards (1 per a child)
• Rubber bands
• Geodot paper to create flashcards of objects or take pictures of objects you created using the geoboard.
• Smartboard/ Over head or Elmo

Prodecure:

1. Explain to students the objective for todays lesson
2. Model an object to make (ex: kite, chair, flower, rocket, house and or fish) state different characteristics of the object. Have children guess the object.
3. Using flashcards - allow one student to go to back table to pick a flashcard.
4. The student will try to give some hints what object they picked (teacher may need to assit).
5. Students will guess what the object is; then recreate on their geoboard (or using the geodot paper).
6. The child that guesses the object will have a turn to pick a flashcard.
7. Repeat steps 3 - 6

Take pictures of each object and create a book. Write down questions or characteristics. Create a flap to cover the picture of the object/geoboard. Print out book and have students share with parents of family memebers.