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Shape Detectives Recording Sheet

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Shape Detectives Recording Sheet

🔍 Part 1: 2D Shape Detectives

You may draw, label, write or dictate your ideas.

1. Draw and name these 2D shapes: an oval, a semicircle, a pentagon and a hexagon.
2. Choose one shape from above. Complete the sentence.

My shape is a ____________________. It has __________ sides and __________ corners.

3. Which shapes are polygons? Tick all that apply.

oval

semicircle

pentagon

hexagon

I know because ____________________________________________________________.

📦 Part 2: 3D Object Detectives

Look at real objects or pictures. Record what you can see.

4. Describe each 3D object.
Rectangular prism
Faces: ______   Edges: ______   Corners: ______
Pyramid
Faces: ______   Edges: ______   Corners: ______
Cone
Faces: ______   Edges: ______   Corners: ______
5. Record the features you notice.
Object
Rectangular prism: ____________________
Pyramid: ______________________________
Cone: __________________________________
What can it do?
It can roll / slide / stack.
It can roll / slide / stack.
It can roll / slide / stack.

A flat part is a face. A line where faces meet is an edge. A rounded part is a curved surface.

One object I noticed with a curved surface is ______________________________.

🕵️ Part 3: Sort, Explain and Solve

Our sorting rule

6. How did your group sort the shapes or objects?

Our sorting rule is: We put together the ones that __________________________.

Examples

7. Draw or name two examples that fit your rule.

A tricky shape

8. Which shape or object was tricky to sort? Why?

The tricky shape or object was ____________________. It was tricky because ______

How we know

9. Explain how you know your rule works.

We know because ____________________________________________________________.

10. Independent mystery shape: Draw a mystery shape or object. Write three clues so someone else can guess it.

Clue 1: It has ______________________________________________________________.

Clue 2: It has ______________________________________________________________.

Clue 3: It can ______________________________________________________________.

My mystery shape or object is _______________________________________________.

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