Preschool - 3rd Grade Common Core Three-Dimensional Shapes Resources : Page 2

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Outer Space Shapes.

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.

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.

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?

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

This tangram-inspired activity is a great way to help introduce young ones to geometric shapes!

A cylinder is a 3-D shape that appears in many everyday things. Help your child learn about cylinders by identifying the shape in her surroundings.

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

Kids get the opportunity to make their own jungle board game and practice their math skills. They will cut out the game markers and dice to begin the game.

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

Shape, rattle, and roll! Kindergartners will love classifying 2D and 3D shapes with this coloring worksheet. 

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.

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.

Spheres are all around us—basketballs, globes, even the planet Earth! Help your students develop an understanding of this 3-D shape by identifying spheres in pictures and in real life.

Help your young mathematicians develop an understanding of spheres with this geometry resource. Students will seek to identify and count the three-dimensional shape using pictures of real-life objects.

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

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 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.

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!

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

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Outer Space Shapes.

Have some fun with this paper project, where you and your child will create your own set of puzzle blocks, similar to tangrams.

Create your very own 3D shape blocks with this fun activity that combines shape recognition and puzzle solving.

What’s happening on the farm? Your little ones will have lots of fun trying to identify and color all the 3-D shapes in the picture. How many different shapes can you find?