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Hello everyone!

Today I am going to blog on how to use ICT tools to teach 2D shapes to grade 1 students. 2D Shapes is nothing but a geometric figure such as square, triangle, rectangle or circle which has two dimension. Learning 2D shapes not only help children identify and organize visual information, it helps them learn skills in other curriculum areas including reading, math, and science. For example, an early step in understanding numbers and letters is to recognize their shape.

My lesson today focuses on  four basic 2D shapes that are square, triangle, rectangle and circle. To teach grade 1 students the basic 2D shapes, I have  used simple but effective teaching learning materials ( TLM) or you can call content based material, made in Power Point Presentation (ppt) with some animation because it is an easy and effective program while teaching. Learning shapes is very important and it is much more fun and interesting. 

Learning objectives

By the end of the lesson each child will be able to,

identify 2D shapes after teachers explanation.

name basic 2D shapes after the lesson.

The instructions for creating content based materials/TLM  are as follow

·         First of all, I have chosen Power Point out of many other ICT tools to create TLM

·         Then I have inserted the shape in each slide with the name of the shape

·         Next I have colored the shape to look attractive

·         And also added some animation to look more attractive to children

·       Lastly, I have around  8 slides in which last slides shows how we have to carry out our activity after the explanation of TLM

     When should the material be used?

     The material can be used for teaching or introducing basic 2D shapes to class I students. It can be used in lesson development and learning activity because to introduce the basic 2D shapes we can use this ppt or video lesson where students can understand what is 2D shape and what are the types of 2D shapes. It can be also used in learning activity where students have to create or draw somethings using 2D shapes.

      Activity Instruction

     Create or draw any pictures or objects using different 2D shapes in your notebook.

     If the instruction are not clear I have give the clear instruction in the video.