Getting in shape

Agarwal, Aakanksha (2025) Getting in shape. At Right Angles (22). pp. 8-12. ISSN 2582-1873

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Abstract

As a primary school teacher, have you used multiple materials and activities, such as 2-D shape cutouts or paper-folding, for students to engage with shapes? I am sure that if you did, you would have had a very clear and specific lesson plan to follow. Now, would you allow your students to deviate from the lesson plan you have created? Most teachers would hesitate. Often, we feel that if we allow this, it may become impossible to bring the class back to what we want the students to learn, the all-important lesson objectives! This article shares a case, where the teacher dared to let the students’ questions direct the flow of the class. This is an account in the teacher’s own words, sharing her experience of working with Shapes in Class 3. A representative from Math Space was an observer to the entire process and helped to document it. Let us see what happened subsequently, and whether we can learn anything from this.

Item Type:	Articles in APF Magazines
Authors:	Agarwal, Aakanksha
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Shapes, Properties, Sorting, Similarities, Differences, Classroom activity
Subjects:	Natural Sciences > Mathematics
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > At Right Angles
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6244
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