Lesson Plan: Positions of 2D Shapes Mathematics • Kindergarten

This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to use position vocabulary to describe the location of 2D shapes relative to each other.

Objectives

Students will be able to

describe the location of 2D shapes using positional language,
use positional language to identify a 2D shape.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

2D shapes,
the terms top, middle, and bottom,
the terms above, below, beside, between, left, right, and next to,
the terms in front and behind,
the terms over and under,
the terms inside and outside.

Exclusions

Students will not cover

giving directions,
ordinal numbers.