2D shapes and their features Image

Please note: This site contains links to websites not controlled by the Australian Government or ESA. More information here.

Go to website

2D shapes and their features

A Year 1/2 teacher explores with students the language of 2D shapes and their features.

Additional details
Year level(s) Year 2, Year 3
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Explicit teaching

Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus Space
Topics Shapes and objects
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M2SP01

Recognise, compare and classify shapes, referencing the number of sides and using spatial terms such as "opposite", "parallel", "curved" and "straight"


AC9M3SP01
Make, compare and classify objects, identifying key features and explaining why these features make them suited to their uses
Numeracy progression Understanding geometric properties (P3)

Copyright details
Organisation

AITSL
Copyright

© 2017 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. Free-for-education material.

Related resources