KS1 Ma3 Shape
These units are designed to make it
easy for a pupil to find their way to some mathematics - but not so easy
for them to find this page!
The teacher may be sitting one-to-one
with the pupil, or allowing groups of pupils to work alone.
This
page contains suggested tasks and further questions you could ask the pupils on
each topic. In the Recognising section, try to introduce and use words
from the listed vocabulary - which are highlighted here in bold the
first time they are mentioned.
These notes - and the units themselves
- are still in an early stage of development. Any
comments would be appreciated -
particularly from KS1 teachers.
Overall there are 17 topics arranged in
four sections:
KS1
1.
Recognising
2. Describing
3. Creating
KS2
4. Lines
5. Angles
6. Measures
7.
Classifying
KS3 & KS4
Foundation
8. Angles & lines
9. Polygons
10.
Circles
11. Constructing
KS4
Higher
12. Angles and lines
13. Circle theorems
14. Circles
and angles
15. Congruence
16. Locus
17. Think! |
1. Recognising >>
| a1 |
Which shape has 3
sides, 4 sides, 3 corners, 4 corners? Which shape is
circular? |
Level
1 |
| a2 |
What is the difference
between a square and a rectangle? |
Level
1 |
| a3 |
What is the blue shape,
green shape? What is special about the pink triangle, orange triangle? Which
shape is rectangular? |
Level
1 |
| a4 |
How points has the
star? How many sides? What is special about the triangular
shape? |
Level
2 |
| b1 |
What is special about
the hexagon, the triangle? |
Level
2 |
| b2 |
What is the different
shape called? Describe the differences between the three hexagons. |
Level
2 |
| b3 |
There are at least 7.
Use the left hand shape to create more triangles. |
Level
2 |
| b4 |
Careful - can you find
21? How many 3-sided (10), 5-sided shapes (4)? Why is the whole shape 4-sided
and not 8-sided? |
Level
2 |
| c1 |
Join shapes together to
make new shapes. Make an octagon. Which shape has four square corners
but sides that are not all equal? Why is the headquarters of the American
Government called the Pentagon? |
Level
2 |
| c2 |
Can you create more than
4 right angles? Make a square, rectangle. |
Level
2 |
| c3 |
What are the other
triangles called? Describe them. Make them look exactly the same. |
Level
2 |
| c4 |
Describe each shape in
detail, particularly the corners. |
Level
2 |
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2. Describing >>
Most
tasks in this section will require the students to make written answers or to
print out the completed page.
| a1 |
How many sides in total?
Can you make them all exactly the same shape? |
Level
2 |
| a2 |
Can you make them all
exactly the same shape? Can you make other patterns? |
Level
2 |
| a3 |
Can you make them all
exactly the same shape? |
Level
2 |
| a4 |
Can you make a pattern
with all three triangles? Can you fit them together to make 9 triangles?
|
Level
2 |
| b1 |
How are they different?
What is different about the blue triangle in particular? |
Level
2 |
| b2 |
What is a right angle,
corner? Print out the completed page. |
Level
2 |
| b3 |
What stays the same
however you move the shape? Can you make the shape symmetric? |
Level
2 |
| b4 |
Can you see a square,
rectangle, octagon, right-angle, triangle? |
Level
2 |
| c1 |
Describe each group.
Print out the completed page. |
Level
3 |
| c2 |
Describe each group.
Print out the completed page. |
Level
3 |
| c3 |
Name the shapes.
Describe each shape. |
Level
3 |
| c4 |
Very open ended! Extend
the more able. |
Level
3 |
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3. Creating >>
Most
tasks in this section will require the students either to make written answers
or to show their work to the teacher or to print out the completed page.
| a1 |
Make a square,
rectangle, L shape. How many different shapes are possible? How many edges does
each shape have? |
Level
1 |
| a2 |
Make a triangle, a
hexagon, a four sided shape with opposite sides parallel
(parallelogram). |
Level
1 |
| a3 |
Make a triangle,
hexagon, four sided shape with two pairs of sides of equal length
(kite). |
Level
1 |
| a4 |
Make a hexagon. Make two
different parallelograms. |
Level
1 |
| b1 |
Make one large triangle.
How many different shapes are possible? Make a hexagon. |
Level
1 |
| b2 |
Put the blue triangle in
the middle of the yellow triangle. Can you count 5 triangles? Make a pentagon
and a hexagon. |
Level
1 |
| b3 |
What is this fitting
together called? What has it to do with honeycombs? What does the scale
do? |
Level
2 |
| b4 |
You could call these
pieces tangrams. Make a square, pentagon, hexagon, octagon. What does the
scale do? |
Level
2 |
| c1 |
Move the square - what
happens? Put two shapes together to make a pentagon. |
Level
2 |
| c2 |
Why is the pink triangle
no use? |
Level
2 |
| c3 |
What does the
scale do? Make some other patterns. |
Level
2 |
| c4 |
What does the
scale do? Make 2 squares. What else can you make? |
Level
2 |
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