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Shape Sorting Fun

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Shape Sorting Fun

Shape Sorting Fun

Various 2D shapes including triangles, squares, pentagons and hexagons

🔢 Part 1: Counting Sides

Instructions: Count the sides of each shape carefully. Write the number in the box.

1. Triangle: How many sides? ____
2. Square: How many sides? ____
3. Rectangle: How many sides? ____
4. Pentagon: How many sides? ____
5. Hexagon: How many sides? ____
6. Octagon: How many sides? ____

📊 Part 2: Shape Sorting

Instructions: Sort these shapes into the correct groups. Write the shape names in the boxes below.

7. Which shapes are triangles (tapatoru - 3 sides)?
8. Which shapes are quadrilaterals (tapawhā - 4 sides)?
9. Which shapes are other polygons (5 or more sides)?

🏷️ Part 3: Shape Labels

Instructions: Match each shape with its correct name in both English and te reo Māori.

10. Match the shapes with their names:
1. Triangle
2. Square
3. Rectangle
4. Pentagon
A. Tapatoru
B. Tapawhā rite
C. Raina-roa
D. Pentagon

✏️ Part 4: Drawing and Labelling

Instructions: Draw one shape from each group and label it with the number of sides and group name in both languages.

11. Draw a triangle (tapatoru):

Number of sides: ____ Group name: _________________ / _________________

12. Draw a quadrilateral (tapawhā):

Number of sides: ____ Group name: _________________ / _________________

13. Draw a polygon with 5 or more sides:

Number of sides: ____ Group name: _________________ / _________________

🤔 Part 5: Thinking Questions

14. Circle the shapes that are quadrilaterals:

Triangle

Square

Rectangle

Pentagon

Diamond

15. Explain how you sort shapes into groups. What do you look for?
16. A shape has 6 sides. Which group does it belong to?

Triangle

Quadrilateral

Other polygon

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