🔎 Part 1: Shape Detective Hunt

WALT: We are learning to identify, describe and sort familiar 2D and 3D shapes.

Success criteria: I can name or point to shapes. I can talk about sides, faces, vertices and curved surfaces. I can sort shapes by one feature.

Circle or colour each shape you can find. Say its name aloud.

Helpful words: same, different, side, face, edge, vertex, symmetrical.

🧩 Part 2: Sort, Draw and Explain

🌱 Shape support

Work with a real shape or object. Point, match, draw or say your answer. Count together. Use: “I can see ______.”

⭐ Extension

Make your own sorting rule. Can one shape belong in two groups? Explain why.

Teacher Answer Guide

1. All six listed shapes are correct: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, cube and sphere.

2. ○ circle; △ triangle; 🧊 cube; ● sphere.

3. Both a circle and an equilateral triangle have a line or lines of symmetry.

4. Circle: rolls. Square: does not roll. Cube: does not roll. Sphere: rolls.

5. Sphere.

6–7. Accept an accurately drawn and named 2D and 3D shape. Encourage learners to describe what they can see.

8. Answers will vary. Listen for one shared feature, such as straight sides, four vertices, flat faces or a curved surface.

Extension: Accept any sensible sorting rule and explanation. A shape may belong in two groups when it shares both features.