Module · Grades K-2 · English Learners

Math Talk: Numbers and Shapes

Describe numbers, shapes and comparisons.

Grade: Grades K-2
Subject: English Learners
Course: English Language Development
Strand: Language for Mathematics
Standards: WIDA.ELD-3 WIDA.Explain
WIDA-ELD-2020

Tools

1 ready to use.

Shape Talk

A secret shape hides behind a door. Clues arrive as sentence frames ("It has 4 sides"), the class crosses out shapes that don't fit, then a child becomes the describer.

English Learners Grades K-2 Card Game

Word Wall

6 words in English and Spanish: number, shape, bigger, smaller, equal, corner. Print them as wall cards, mini cards or a student glossary.

Print the words

Lesson plans

One class period each, built around a tool. Print them, change them, share them.

Shape Talk30 minutes · I can describe a shape in full sentences using the words side, corner, flat, solid and face.