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Shapes…

... They belong together

WALT: Group basic 2D shapes based on their properties

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Simple Shapes

Today we are starting to learn how to group shapes by their properties. Remember, some common properties are:

  1. Sides! We talk about how many sides the shape has and their lengths.

A square has four sides of equal length.

  • Corners or Vertices! We talk about how many vertices a shape has.

A square has four vertices

  • Angles! We talk about the size of the interior angles

The interior angles of a square are 90 degrees.

  • Symmetry! We talk about how many lines of symmetry a shape has.

A square has four lines of symmetry.

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Odd one out!

To start let’s try to work out which shape is the odd one out. Look at the properties of these shapes, which one is different?

A

D

B

C

Which shape is the odd one out and why?

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Odd one out!

Look at the properties of these shapes, which one is different?

A

D

B

C

Which shape is the odd one out and why?

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Group the shape

Organise the shapes on this page into categories. Under each explain why.

I grouped these three shapes because they are all curved.

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Pick your own shape to describe!

How many sides? Are they the same length?

How many vertices?

Are the sides curved or straight?

A triangle has three sides.

The sides are straight lines.

It has three vertices.

There are different types of triangles, the sides can all be the same length, two the same or all different.