More than 60 reproducible worksheets and activities provide students with the opportunity to explore experiments with and manipulate 2D and 3D shapes. A combination of both written and manipulative activities may be adapted to suit the needs of a wide range of student abilities. Background information and teacher suggestions are included for easy planning and implementation.

Students will:

• To provide students with the opportunity to explore, experiment with and manipulate solid and plane shapes.
• To teach and reinforce the recognition of solid and plane shapes.
• To provide students with the time to develop higher level thinking
• To teach the importance of solid and plane shapes in our

Introduction:

• At A Glance – List of Skills
• Teacher Assessment Rubric
• Student Self-Assessment Rubric
• Teacher Information
• Shape Illustrations
• Glossary of Geometrical Terms
• Teacher Input Suggestions
  • Planning Ahead
  • Introduction
  • Learning Centers
  • Discussion Topics
  • Chart Ideas
  • Reproducible Grid Paper

Student Worksheets & Activities:

Shape Matching Activities: In the resource are matching activities developed to reinforce the recognition of shapes and solids and written vocabulary.

1. a) Match the animal to its shape.
2. b) Match the geometric shape to its own shape.
3. c) Match the plane shape to its name.
4. d) Match the solid shape to its name.
5. e) Match the plane shape riddles to their answers.
6. f) Match the solid shape riddles to their answers

Matching Activities

• Matching Geometric Shapes
• Matching Plane and Solid Shapes

 Riddle Matching Activities

Teachers will have to read the riddles.

• Plane Shapes
• Solid Shapes

 Worksheets

Plane Shapes

• 19 worksheets for students to complete

Solid Shapes

• 19 worksheets for student to complete

 Activity Cards for Centers

These are half page cards for learning centers.

• Plane Shapes
• Solid Shapes

Shape Booklets

In the resource are four shape booklets. They may be reproduced and collated and placed at this centre. The students may use them for any of the following activities: 

1. a) Write a story about a shape.
2. b) Make up riddles about shapes.
3. c) Create a shape dictionary.
4. d) Illustrate things that are the same shape.
5. e) Cut and paste pictures from magazines and catalogs that are the same shape 

Shape Templates

• Cube
• Rectangular Prism
• Triangular Prism
• Square Based Pyramid
• Triangular Based Pyramid
• Cylinder
• Cone 

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