Build student understanding of the defining attributes of triangles with this sorting activity. Students will cut out different shape cards and sort them into examples and non-examples of triangles.
Here's a worksheet that shows kids how shapes can be found in real things by asking them to find and count all the different shapes in a picture of a garden.
For students who are just beginning to understand the differences between shapes and acquire vocabulary related to 2D objects, a triangles worksheet will help them understand how to recognize and manipulate the common three-sided object. Students who are ready to increase the complexity of the shapes they are studying will love Education.com’s hexagons worksheets, which teach everything from how to identify a hexagon to using them in fractions problems.