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1st - 4th Grade Classifying Three-Dimensional Shapes Resources : Page 2

What makes a cone different from a cylinder or a cube? Use this helpful resource with your students to take their geometry skills to the next level as they practice identifying the characteristics of a cone and comparing them to other 3-D shapes.

Characteristics of Cones

Challenge your young mathematician with some solid shapes like cubes, pyramids, prisms and cones!

Plane and Solid Shapes

This guided geometry lesson takes second graders on an exploration of 2D and 3D shapes. Kids will learn how to sort shapes, as well as partition them into halves, quarters and thirds. Tangrams are also featured within the exercise in order to give kids practical ways of practicing their new geometry skills. For more printable practice, try the geometry worksheets recommended by our curriculum advisors to accompany this lesson.

Geometry 4

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Exploring Capacity.

Glossary: Exploring Capacity

This printable worksheet includes six different shapes: Rectangle, circle, hexagon, rectangular prism, sphere, and triangle. Can they match the shape to its name?

Match That Shape

Which solid figure describes a baseball? A sphere! Kids completing this third grade math worksheet match common objects to solid geometric figures.

Solid Figures: Shape Up!

First grade geometry covers basic shapes, as well as an introduction to 3D shapes. Our team of curriculum experts designed the following guided lesson, which provides an overview of first grade geometric concepts and gives kids lots of opportunities for practice. If your child needs more support in a different format, check out the suggested first grade geometry worksheets.

Geometry 3

Can your first graders tell the difference between a square and a cube? How about a triangle and a cone? Use this geometry assessment to gauge your students’ abilities to use attributes to sort 2-D and 3-D shapes.

Sorting Shapes

What makes a sphere unique compared to other shapes? Does it share any similarities? Use this resource with your young mathematicians to practice identifying the characteristics of this three-dimensional shape and comparing it to other shapes.

Characteristics of Spheres

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: 3-D Scavenger Hunt!

Glossary: 3-D Scavenger Hunt!

Believe it or not, geometry is everywhere! Find the cones and cylinders in this group of pictures.

Cones and Cylinders

Prisms, cubes, cones...oh my! Your students have 2-D shapes down, but how are they coming along in their mastery of 3-D shapes? Use this colorful activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to recognize and differentiate between 3-D shapes.

3-D Shapes Check-in

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Build an Architectural School Model

Students will identify and count the cones using pictures of real-life objects.

Color and Count the Cones!

Discover how to draw a cone in this step-by-step tutorial! Learners will trace a cone, then follow steps to draw an ice-cream cone.

How to Draw a Cone

Kids completing this third grade math worksheet learn the attributes of solid geometric figures, then identify the figures among common lunch objects.

Find the Figure

Young learners practice identifying different 2D and 3D shapes as they ski down the mountain!

Ski Racer: 3D Shapes

I spy with my little eye... some real-life shapes! Get your child to recognize shapes all around him by filling in this shape chart.

Shape Chart

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Build a Castle...and Explore First Grade Geometry!

What makes a cylinder a cylinder? How does it compare to a cube or cone? Use this great geometry resource with your students to practice identifying the characteristics of a cylinder and comparing them to other three-dimensional shapes.

Characteristics of Cylinders

Boost geometry knowledge and enhance creativity with this fun math worksheet.

Super Shapes: 3-D Shape Drawing

Look closely and you will find… rectangular prisms! Help students recognize this 3-D shape while examining a kitchen scene.

Rectangular Prism Hunt

Where are all the rectangular prisms? With this worksheet, they are in the classroom! Your second graders will have fun identifying all the rectangular prisms in a picture of a classroom.

Where are the Rectangular Prisms? 

Spheres are all around! Use this exercise with your students to practice recognizing the characteristics of a sphere and finding real-life examples of the three-dimensional shape in a variety of settings.

Spheres in Different Settings

Big bags hold a lot of candy, but they're hard to tote around. Have your kid construct a candy corn candy holder perfect for carrying a few lightweight treats.

Candy Corn Candy Holder

Use this geometry exercise with your third graders to practice recognizing the characteristics of a cylinder and finding real-life examples of the three-dimensional shape. For an added challenge, see just how many different shapes your students can name!

Cylinders in Different Settings

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Exploring Capacity.

Vocabulary Cards: Exploring Capacity

Spheres are all around us—from home to school and in between! Have your students search for real-life spheres around them with this fun geometry activity that will deepen their understanding of this ubiquitous shape.

Everyday Spheres

Rectangular prisms make for great rooms! Help your students develop an understanding of this 3-D shape while turning them into rooms in this fun geometry lesson. How would you decorate your rectangular prism room?

Rectangular Prism Rooms

Rectangular prisms can turn into lots of different things! Help your students develop an understanding of this 3-D shape while creating pictures of different objects. Get ready to let your imagination soar with this creative geometry lesson!

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