Read Between the Lines Elementary School Classifying Two-Dimensional Shapes Resources

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A key characteristic of trapezoids is that they have a set of parallel lines—lines that never intersect. Use this helpful geometry resource with your students to practice identifying parallel lines in trapezoids and comparing different 2-D shapes.

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Trapezoids and Parallel Lines

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Trapezoids and Parallel Lines

A key characteristic of trapezoids is that they have a set of parallel lines—lines that never intersect. Use this helpful geometry resource with your students to practice identifying parallel lines in trapezoids and comparing different 2-D shapes.

Third Grade

Geometry

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Glossary: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines.

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Glossary: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines.

Fourth Grade

Geometry

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines.

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Glossary: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines.

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Glossary: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines.

Fourth Grade

Geometry

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Vocabulary Cards: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines

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Vocabulary Cards: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines

Fourth Grade

Geometry

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines.

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Vocabulary Cards: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines

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Vocabulary Cards: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Geometry Vocabulary: Lines.

Fourth Grade

Geometry

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Shape Basics: Lines, Endpoints, and Angles

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Shape Basics: Lines, Endpoints, and Angles

Second Grade

Geometry

Kids get to know shapes better by counting their line segments, endpoints, and angles, and record the info in this handy chart.

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Shape Basics: Lines, Endpoints, and Angles

Interactive Worksheet

Shape Basics: Lines, Endpoints, and Angles

Kids get to know shapes better by counting their line segments, endpoints, and angles, and record the info in this handy chart.

Second Grade

Geometry

Interactive Worksheet

Making Quadrilaterals

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Making Quadrilaterals

Pre-K

Geometry

4 lines make a quadrilateral! Help your child make various shapes with the dots in this worksheet.

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Making Quadrilaterals

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Making Quadrilaterals

4 lines make a quadrilateral! Help your child make various shapes with the dots in this worksheet.

Pre-K

Geometry

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Picture Imagination #1

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Picture Imagination #1

Kindergarten

Geometry

Kids can let their imaginations fly on this complete-the-picture drawing page. Kids fill in the missing lines to make the pictures whole.

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Picture Imagination #1

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Picture Imagination #1

Kids can let their imaginations fly on this complete-the-picture drawing page. Kids fill in the missing lines to make the pictures whole.

Kindergarten

Geometry

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What Type of Polygon?

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What Type of Polygon?

Fifth Grade

Geometry

Help your students identify the differences between regular and irregular polygons!

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What Type of Polygon?

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What Type of Polygon?

Help your students identify the differences between regular and irregular polygons!

Fifth Grade

Geometry

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Shapes in Pictures: My Kind of Town

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Shapes in Pictures: My Kind of Town

First Grade

Geometry

Show your child that shapes are more than just lines on a page with this worksheet that challenges him to find all the shapes in the picture.

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Shapes in Pictures: My Kind of Town

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Shapes in Pictures: My Kind of Town

Show your child that shapes are more than just lines on a page with this worksheet that challenges him to find all the shapes in the picture.

First Grade

Geometry

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Symmetrical Butterflies

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Symmetrical Butterflies

First Grade

Geometry

Want to breathe a little color into your geometry lesson? Help students understand lines of symmetry by having them identify and decorate symmetrical butterflies. The end result will be beautiful!

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Symmetrical Butterflies

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Symmetrical Butterflies

Want to breathe a little color into your geometry lesson? Help students understand lines of symmetry by having them identify and decorate symmetrical butterflies. The end result will be beautiful!

Build your students' confidence in geometry by practicing shape identification, division, and measurement. Using this printable worksheet, children will draw lines on shapes to divide them into equal quarters.

Build your students' confidence in geometry by practicing shape identification, division, and measurement. Using this printable worksheet, children will draw lines on shapes to divide them into equal quarters.

First Grade

Geometry

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Two-Dimensional Shapes Maze

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Two-Dimensional Shapes Maze

Kindergarten

Geometry

Help kindergartners learn to distinguish between two- and three-dimensional shapes with this inviting shapes maze!

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Two-Dimensional Shapes Maze

Interactive Worksheet

Two-Dimensional Shapes Maze

Help kindergartners learn to distinguish between two- and three-dimensional shapes with this inviting shapes maze!

Kindergarten

Geometry

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Spring Math Assessment: Sorting Shapes

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Spring Math Assessment: Sorting Shapes

Kindergarten

Geometry

Assess your students’ understanding of the differences between 2-D and 3-D shapes using this shape assessment.

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Spring Math Assessment: Sorting Shapes

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Spring Math Assessment: Sorting Shapes

Assess your students’ understanding of the differences between 2-D and 3-D shapes using this shape assessment.

Kindergarten

Geometry

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Fractions as Equal Shares

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Fractions as Equal Shares

First Grade

Fractions

This is a great activity to assess your students’ understanding of geometry and fractions! Students will draw lines to divide various shapes into equal shares and then color in a portion to match the given fractions.

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Fractions as Equal Shares

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Fractions as Equal Shares

This is a great activity to assess your students’ understanding of geometry and fractions! Students will draw lines to divide various shapes into equal shares and then color in a portion to match the given fractions.

First Grade

Fractions

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Sort 2D and 3D Shapes

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Sort 2D and 3D Shapes

Kindergarten

Geometry

Can your kid tell the difference between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes? Kindergarten is a good time to start!

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Sort 2D and 3D Shapes

Interactive Worksheet

Sort 2D and 3D Shapes

Can your kid tell the difference between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes? Kindergarten is a good time to start!

Kindergarten

Geometry

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Shape Information Gap Cards

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Shape Information Gap Cards

Third Grade

Geometry

This exercise facilitates meaningful interactions between partners by giving each one different pieces of necessary information to explain the attributes of a shape.

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Shape Information Gap Cards

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Shape Information Gap Cards

This exercise facilitates meaningful interactions between partners by giving each one different pieces of necessary information to explain the attributes of a shape.

This geometry unit engages students in analytical thinking as they learn about the properties of two dimensional figures and consider the different ways they can be sorted based on those properties. Students also learn to plot points, lines and shapes on a coordinate graph.

This geometry unit engages students in analytical thinking as they learn about the properties of two dimensional figures and consider the different ways they can be sorted based on those properties. Students also learn to plot points, lines and shapes on a coordinate graph.

Fifth Grade

Geometry

Guided Lesson

Looking at Shapes: Open or Closed?

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Looking at Shapes: Open or Closed?

First Grade

Geometry

Kids sometimes don't distinguish between a shape that's open and one that's closed. Here, kids can see the difference as they classify shapes as open or closed.

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Looking at Shapes: Open or Closed?

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Looking at Shapes: Open or Closed?

Kids sometimes don't distinguish between a shape that's open and one that's closed. Here, kids can see the difference as they classify shapes as open or closed.

Symmetry is all around us, even in the letters we use in the English language! Use this fun geometry exercise with your students to give them practice identifying and drawing lines of symmetry.

Symmetry is all around us, even in the letters we use in the English language! Use this fun geometry exercise with your students to give them practice identifying and drawing lines of symmetry.

Triangles, trapezoids, rhombi...oh my! Identifying different shapes is an important milestone for young learners. Use this colorful activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to recognize and differentiate between 2-D shapes.

Triangles, trapezoids, rhombi...oh my! Identifying different shapes is an important milestone for young learners. Use this colorful activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to recognize and differentiate between 2-D shapes.

First Grade

Geometry

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More Amaz-ing Hexagons!

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More Amaz-ing Hexagons!

Fourth Grade

Number Theory

This multi-part worksheet helps students practice identifying the differences between regular and irregular hexagons while also reviewing their knowledge of composite and prime numbers.

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More Amaz-ing Hexagons!

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More Amaz-ing Hexagons!

This multi-part worksheet helps students practice identifying the differences between regular and irregular hexagons while also reviewing their knowledge of composite and prime numbers.

Fourth Grade

Number Theory

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Characteristics of Pentagons

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Characteristics of Pentagons

Third Grade

Geometry

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.

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Characteristics of Pentagons

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Characteristics of Pentagons

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.

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.

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.

Hexagons are hiding in plain sight throughout this worksheet—all you need to do is count the sides of each shape to identify them! This is a great geometry activity to help your students practice identifying and differentiating between 2-D shapes.

Hexagons are hiding in plain sight throughout this worksheet—all you need to do is count the sides of each shape to identify them! This is a great geometry activity to help your students practice identifying and differentiating between 2-D shapes.

Students are going to take a deeper dive into fractions in this unit! Learners will apply previous understanding of finding equivalent fractions, and converting between fractions and mixed numbers to work with fractions in more complex ways. Students will continue to use visual models to learn and practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.

Students are going to take a deeper dive into fractions in this unit! Learners will apply previous understanding of finding equivalent fractions, and converting between fractions and mixed numbers to work with fractions in more complex ways. Students will continue to use visual models to learn and practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.

Fifth Grade

Addition

Guided Lesson

Draw a Line of Symmetry

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Draw a Line of Symmetry

Fourth Grade

Geometry

In this worksheet, learners will find and draw a line of symmetry on nine shapes.

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Draw a Line of Symmetry

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Draw a Line of Symmetry

In this worksheet, learners will find and draw a line of symmetry on nine shapes.

Fourth Grade

Geometry

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Shape Up with Geometry

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Shape Up with Geometry

Fifth Grade

Geometry

Assess kids' understanding of geometry with this sheet.

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Shape Up with Geometry

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Shape Up with Geometry

Assess kids' understanding of geometry with this sheet.

Fifth Grade

Geometry

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Mixed Geometry Review

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Mixed Geometry Review

Fifth Grade

Geometry

Assess your students’ knowledge of geometry concepts from polygons to coordinate planes!

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Mixed Geometry Review

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Mixed Geometry Review

Assess your students’ knowledge of geometry concepts from polygons to coordinate planes!

Fifth Grade

Geometry

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Math Review Part 3: Geometry Galore!

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Math Review Part 3: Geometry Galore!

Fourth Grade

Geometry

Use this year-end assessment to check students’ grasp of key fourth grade geometry concepts.

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Math Review Part 3: Geometry Galore!

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Math Review Part 3: Geometry Galore!

Use this year-end assessment to check students’ grasp of key fourth grade geometry concepts.

Use this worksheet to help students describe and create trapezoid patterns.

Use this worksheet to help students describe and create trapezoid patterns.

Here's an innovative math puzzle that you can create with your fourth grade math student.

Here's an innovative math puzzle that you can create with your fourth grade math student.

Fourth Grade

Geometry

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Elementary School Classifying Two-Dimensional Shapes Resources for 'read between the lines'

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Elementary School Classifying Two-Dimensional Shapes Resources for 'read between the lines'