Recognise and describe 2D shapes

1 Matchtheshapestothelabels.

square

pentagon

triangle

hexagon

2 Usethewordstolabeltheshapes.

rectangle hexagon circle triangle pentagon

a) c)

b) d)

3 DoraandRoneachhaveashape.

a)

WhyisDoraincorrect?

b)

WhymightRonthinkthat?Talktoapartner.

WhatisthemathematicalnameforRon’sshape?

4 Herearesomeshapes.

a) Circleallthequadrilaterals.

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My shape has three sides, so it

is a triangle.

My shape is a house.

b) Drawthreemorequadrilaterals.

Whatdoyounoticeaboutalltheshapesyouhavedrawn?

c) Isthisshapeasquare?

Circleyouranswer.yes no

Compareanswerswithapartner.

5 Thisshapeisahexagon.

Whyisitahexagon?

6 Whatisthenameofeachshape?

Howdoyouknow?Talkaboutitwithapartner.

7 Eachshapehasatleastonepairofparallelsides.

Drawontheshapestoshowtheparallelsides.

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