Drawing: Lines, Shapes and Everyday Things
Primary 1 · Creative Arts
Drawing: Lines, Shapes and Everyday Things
Lesson 5 of 8
12 min
Let's begin
Mutesi lays the mat for supper.
She puts down a plate, an egg and her ruler.
Every one of them has a shape with a name.
Today you will draw five shapes and then hunt for them.
A circle is round all the way. It has no corners at all.
A plate is a circle. The top of a cup is a circle.
An oval is round too, but stretched long, like an egg.
Draw a circle, then draw an oval beside it. See how the oval is squashed.
Touch each corner with your finger and count out loud.
A triangle has three corners and three sides.
A square has four corners, and four sides the SAME length.
A rectangle has four corners too. But two sides are long and two sides are short.
Careful! A square and a rectangle both have four corners, so they are easy to muddle. Check the sides. Same sides means square. Two long and two short means rectangle.
Step 1 Count the corners: one, two, three, four.
Step 2 Are all four sides the same? No. Two are long and two are short.
Step 3 So a ruler is a rectangle, not a square.
A teacher draws each shape and counts its sides out loud.
Tip
Count the corners first
No corners means circle or oval. Three corners means triangle.
Four corners? Then check the sides. All the same means square.
Name the shape, then tap Show answer to check.
What shape is a plate?
Answer: a circle. Round all the way, with no corners.
What shape is an egg?
Answer: an oval. Round, but stretched long.
What shape is your ruler?
Answer: a rectangle. Two long sides and two short sides.
How many corners does a triangle have?
Answer: three. Touch them and count them.
Find one circle and one rectangle in your room.
Answer: there are many. The top of a cup is a circle. A door is a rectangle.
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