Shapes Teaching Resources
This comprehensive collection contains a variety of 2D shape and 3D object teaching resources. Use the educational posters as a visual stimulus in your primary classroom. Also provided are hands-on learning activities, games, vocabulary word wall cards, nets of shapes and a maths mentals widget. Use the pre and post tests to ascertain each student's prior knowledge before starting a shape unit of work.
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3D Object Profiles – Template
Draw, name and describe the features of 3D objects with this profiling template.
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All About Triangles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in recognising and drawing triangles.
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All About Rectangles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in recognising and drawing rectangles.
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Funky Fractions 'Quarters' Craft Activity
A craft activity to encourage students to colour, match and discuss the four quarters of a shape.
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Diagonals of Polygons Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practise applying the rule for finding the number of diagonals on regular polygons.
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Geometric Reasoning Worksheets - Year 6
2 worksheets linked to the Australian Curriculum.
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Flip, Slide, Turn Poster
A visual poster examining the difference between flipping, sliding and turning a shape.
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2D Shapes Blue Print Poster
2D Shapes and their names on one poster.
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Christmas Angles Worksheets
Identify acute, obtuse, and right angles with a Christmas Angle Worksheet for Year 4.
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Christmas Colouring By Number - 2D and 3D Shapes Worksheet
Practise classifying 2D and 3D shapes with a printable Christmas colouring-by-number worksheet.
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Identifying Lines of Symmetry Worksheets
Use this set of differentiated worksheets to help students practise the process involved with identifying lines of symmetry on two-dimensional shapes.
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Interior Angles of Shapes Teaching Slides
Explore the interior angles of common two-dimensional shapes with this comprehensive set of teaching slides.
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Interior Angles of Shapes Sorting Activity
Play this sorting game when learning about the interior angles of common two-dimensional shapes.
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Drawing Angles Poster
Remind your students how to draw angles using a protractor with this classroom anchor chart.
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Dr. Mae Jemison - Cut and Paste Activity
Help your early years students learn about Dr Mae Jemison with a fun craft activity.
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Real-World 3D Objects - Colouring Worksheet
Explore three-dimensional objects in the real world with this colouring worksheet.
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2D Shapes in the Environment Cut and Sort Worksheet
Students will categorise and sort 2D shapes using this ability-levelled worksheet set.
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2D Shapes in the Environment Poster Pack
Explore 2D shapes in the environment using this set of 8 display posters showing the shapes and everyday examples.
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2D Shapes in the Environment Interactive Activity
Teach students to recognise and name 2D shapes in component parts of everyday items in their environment.
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3D Object Halloween Character Templates
Build some spooky Halloween characters with this set of five 3-D net templates.
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All About Octagons Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in recognising and drawing octagons.
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All About Hexagons Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in recognising and drawing hexagons.
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All About Pentagons Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in recognising and drawing pentagons.
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Memory Matcher PowerPoint – 2D Shapes
An interactive memory match-up game where students recall the names of shapes.
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All About Squares Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in recognising and drawing squares.
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All About Circles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in recognising and drawing circles.
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3D Objects Dominoes
Help your students learn the names of the most common three-dimensional objects with this set of dominoes.
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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Quiz
Administer this parallel and perpendicular lines quiz to assess your students’ ability to identify types of line pairs in a variety of settings.
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Christmas Maths - Properties of Shapes Task Cards
Combine Christmas and maths with these 2D and 3D Shape Christmas Maths Activity Task Cards for Year 4.
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Year 4 Geometry Christmas Game- Classifying Shapes
Identify 2D and 3D shapes and their attributes with an exciting Christmas Geometry Game!
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Santa's New Sleigh – Christmas 2D Shapes Worksheet
Design Santa a new sleigh using 2D Shapes with a fun Christmas maths worksheet.
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Halloween Shapes - Colour By 2D Shapes Worksheet
Don’t get too spooked while trying to identify 2D shapes with a printable Halloween Shapes Colour by Code worksheet!