2D Shapes / 2D Shapes: Vocabulary Fitness for the English Classroom

Vocabulary Fitness is a presentation for short movement breaks in English lessons, where the children march on the spot and shout out the English names of shapes such as triangle, rhombus or hexagon as soon as a shape appears on the slide. Fitness exercises such as squats or star jumps also appear from time to time, which the children then perform.

This is included in the material

• Vocabulary Fitness presentation with 24 shapes as images without words and 7 fitness exercises with English labels, with an exercise following every three shapes, plus a start and an end slide
• Instruction slide briefly summarizing the procedure for the children
• Vocabulary overview with all 24 shapes and their English names
• Teacher’s notes page with instructions on how to use it

Tips for using the material

The teacher can decide how long each slide is shown for, allowing them to adapt the pace of the movement break to the class.

The following skills are promoted

• Vocabulary: recalling and saying aloud the English names of 24 shapes based on the images themselves
• Physical activity through marching on the spot and fitness exercises such as jumping jacks, squats or arm circles

On the topic of 2D shapes, there are also the Vocabulary Cards, the Vocabulary Quiz, the Wheel of Fortune and the Running Dictation.