Geometry Shape - Recognise and name 2D shapes - Starter

In a geometry lesson tailored for Year 1 students during the Autumn Term, Week 10, Day 3, the focus is on recognising and categorising 2D shapes. The session starts with a 'Fluent in Four' revision exercise, which serves as a warm-up to get the children's minds ready for learning. The children are encouraged to use 10 counters as manipulatives to aid their understanding of the concepts being taught. The activities are designed to blend shape recognition with basic arithmetic operations, providing a well-rounded mathematical experience.

The children are tasked with sorting various shapes into the correct categories, which include pyramids, spheres, and cones, allowing them to distinguish between different types of 3D shapes. Alongside this, they engage in number exercises such as doubling numbers and adding them together, as well as finding the sum of one plus nine. To further develop their understanding of division and fractions, they are asked to find out what half of ten is, using their counters to physically represent and solve the problem. The lesson also incorporates a practical application of division, where the children determine how many bottles each friend would get if Malachi shared nine bottles equally among three friends, again using counters to facilitate this calculation. This interactive approach helps to solidify the children's comprehension of both geometry and basic number operations.