What makes a trapezoid unique? How is it different from a hexagon or a pentagon? Use this resource with your students to practice identifying the characteristics of a trapezoid and comparing them to other 2-D shapes.
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.
Help your students bring mathematics to life! In this exercise, your students will create word problems to accompany a shape with the length of each side labeled.
Challenge your students to identify cones and categorize objects with this geometry resource! This exercise will give your third graders practice recognizing the characteristics of a cone and finding real-life examples of the three-dimensional shape.
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!
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.
What makes a hexagon a hexagon? How is it different from other polygons? This handy geometry resource with help your students to practice identifying the characteristics of a hexagon and comparing them to other two-dimensional shapes.
Can your students differentiate between a pentagon and a hexagon or circle? Can they explain what makes these shapes unique? This resource will give your students practice identifying the characteristics of a pentagon and comparing it to other 2-D shapes.
This exercise facilitates meaningful interactions between partners by giving each one different pieces of necessary information to explain the attributes of a shape.
Angles come in all kinds of shapes and sizes—can you spot them all? Use this resource with your students to practice finding all the angles in 2-D shapes. Your students will then be challenged to identify right angles in two-dimensional shapes.
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.
Use this resource with your students to have them analyze mathematical statements about polygons. They will decide if they are always, sometimes, or never true.