2D Shapes Teaching Resources
A comprehensive collection of 2D shapes teaching resources. Use these educational games, activities, worksheets, posters and vocabulary word wall cards to assist your students when they are learning about identifying and working with 2D shapes. Also included are pre and post tests to ascertain each student's prior knowledge before starting a 2D shapes unit of work. Use the provided posters and worksheets when learning about finding the area, perimeter and lines of symmetry of 2D shapes.
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Year 1 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
18 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Maths Warm Ups Interactive PowerPoint - Year 1
A PowerPoint providing a series of warm up activities for Year 1 students across the curriculum.
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Mathematics Word Wall
A set of Mathematics related vocabulary to immerse students in mathematical terms.
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2D Shapes and 3D Objects Vocabulary Poster
A poster that explains 2D and 3D shapes and lists associated vocabulary.
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All About Octagons Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in learning about octagons.
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Find and Colour – Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt where students search for 2D shapes in their surrounding environment.
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All About Semicircles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in learning about semicircles.
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All About Hexagons Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in learning about hexagons.
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2D Shape Profiles – Template
A template that students use to demonstrate their ability to describe the features of 2D shapes.
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Year 3 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
21 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Draw a Town with 2D Shapes
An interactive and evolving resource where students draw 2D shapes incrementally to create a town map and 3D models.
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Year 2 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
35 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Geometry Toss - Active Learning Game
An active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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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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We're Going On a Shape Hunt! Graphing Game
A fun board game to aid students' recognition of 2D shapes.
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Types of Triangles Poster
A poster depicting and explaining the four types of triangles.
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2D Shape Bingo
30 different bingo cards using 2D shape pictures and names.
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2D Shapes with Information - Poster
A 2D shapes poster with 16 common shapes, as well as information characterising each shape.
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Colour by 2D Shape (Basic and Complex Shapes)
A detailed set of colour by shape activities.
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Colour by 2D Shape (Basic Shapes)
A set of five colour by shape worksheets.
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Colour by 2D Shape (Easter Egg)
An Easter-themed colour by 2D shape activity.
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2D Shapes Dominoes
A set of dominoes to help students consolidate their understanding of 2D shapes.
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Let's Spin - Shapes Spinner Activity
Spinner resource to use in whole-class active learning games.
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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 Triangles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in learning about 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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All About Circles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in recognising and drawing circles.
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Let's Sort It! - 2D Shapes and 3D Objects Sorting Activity
A sorting game to use in the classroom when identifying the properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects.
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Maths Warm Ups Interactive PowerPoint - Year 2
A PowerPoint providing a series of warm up activities for Year 2 students across the curriculum.
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2D and 3D Figure Cards
A set of 2D and 3D figure cards to assist with your students' understanding of shapes and their properties.
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What's My Card? Shape Board Game
A set of cards to be used in a Guess Who? Board Game for students to consolidate their knowledge of shape.
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2D Shape Puzzles
Use these 2D shape puzzles to help familiarise your students with the most common two-dimensional shapes.