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Sorting Shapes

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Sorting Shapes

Sorting Shapes

Colourful 2D shapes including circles, triangles, squares and rectangles

🔍 Part 1: Shape Recognition

1. Circle the shapes that have curved edges:

Circle

Square

Triangle

Oval

2. How many sides does a triangle have?

2 sides

3 sides

4 sides

5 sides

3. Which shape has 4 equal sides?

Rectangle

Triangle

Square

Circle

📊 Part 2: Sorting by Attributes

4. Look at these sorting rules. Tick all the shapes that would belong in each group:

Group A: Shapes with straight edges only

Square

Circle

Triangle

Rectangle

Group B: Shapes with 4 sides

Triangle

Square

Rectangle

Circle

5. Match each shape property to the correct shape:
1. Has no sides
2. Has 3 sides
3. Has parallel sides
4. Has 4 equal sides
A. Square
B. Circle
C. Rectangle
D. Triangle

🎨 Part 3: Drawing and Creating

6. Draw a shape that has exactly 4 sides and 4 corners:
7. Draw a shape that has curved edges:
8. Create a picture using at least 3 different shapes. Label each shape you use:

💭 Part 4: Thinking About Shapes

9. Fill in the blanks using these words: sides, curved, straight, equal, parallel

A square has 4 ________ sides. All the sides are ________ to each other. The edges are ________, not ________. A square has two pairs of ________ sides.

10. True or False: If you turn a triangle upside down, it is still a triangle.

True

False

11. Explain your thinking for question 10:
12. Look around your home. Write down 3 things that are shaped like circles and 3 things that are shaped like rectangles:

Circle shapes:

Rectangle shapes:

13. If you had to sort these shapes by colour, size, and number of sides, which attribute would you choose first and why?

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