Art Meets Math With Our Tessellating Shapes Worksheet Set!

This Tessellating Shapes Worksheet Set is the perfect resource for introducing students to the fascinating world of tessellations! This engaging resource helps students explore which shapes tessellate and why, encouraging critical thinking and pattern recognition.

On the first worksheet, students analyze individual shapes and determine whether they will tessellate. The second and third worksheets challenge students to extend a tessellation pattern across the page, reinforcing geometric concepts through hands-on practice. An answer key is included with this tesselating shapes worksheet set for quick and easy grading, making this a time-saving and effective addition to any geometry or art-integrated math lesson.

Supplement This Tessellating Shapes Printable Activity

This tessellating shapes printable is a great introduction to tessellations, but there are many activities you can do to strengthen student understanding. Here are some ideas!

• Tessellation Scavenger Hunt: Take your students on a trip around the school, asking them to point out shapes they see and discussing as a class if the shape would tessellate or not.
• Tessellation Art: Provide students with cut-out shapes (triangles, squares, hexagons, etc.) Let them create their own tessellation art by repeating the shapes to fill a sheet and then gluing them down.
• Class Discussion: Have a discussion about why certain shapes tessellate while others don’t, using the first page of this tesselating shapes worksheet set if needed. Prompt students to describe the rules or angles that make it work.

Downloading Our Tessellation Shapes Printable 

This tessellation shapes printable is easy to download and quickly use in your classroom. Simply click the drop-down arrow on the download button and choose either the PDF or editable Google Slides version of this resource.

This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a teacher from Florida and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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