Incorporation of Graphic Organizers

PolygonsBy Kristina Barton

University of Phoenix

Objectives• Students will be able to identify

different characteristics of polygons.

• Students will be able to draw and identify a polygon.

Instructional Strategies• 1. Students will watch a brainpop

video on polygons at brainpop.com under subject Math and category Geometry.

• 2. Students will research on the website http://www.mathsisfun.com/quadrilaterals.html about different polygons. They will fill out a graphic organizer by drawing each of the shapes and listing the characteristics of each shape.

Graphic OrganizerVocabulary Picture Characteristics

Quadrilateral

Trapezoid

Parallelogram

Rectangle

Rhombus

Square

• 3. Students will play a matching game reinforcing knowledge learned in regards to polygons at http://www.mathplayground.com/matching_shapes.html .

Materials• Graphic organizer – table of

polygons• Pencil• Computer lab• Headphones• White construction paper• Stencils• Markers• rulers

Assessments• Students will take the brainpop

quiz on polygons at brainpop.com and email the results to teachers email address.

• Students will design a poster out of polygons and list how many of each shape they used with the names of the shapes on the back of their posters.

Resources• http://

www.mathplayground.com/matching_shapes.html

• www.Brainpop.com

• http://www.mathsisfun.com/quadrilaterals.html