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KS1 Shape Here are some suggested tasks and further questions you could ask the pupils. In the Recognising section, try to introduce and use words from the listed vocabulary - which are highlighted here the first time they are mentioned. These notes - and the units themselves - are still in an early stage of development. 1. Recognising a1 Which shape has 3 sides, 4 sides, 3 corners, 4 corners? Which shape is circular? a2 What is the difference between a square and a rectangle? a3 What is the blue shape, green shape? What is special about the pink triangle, orange triangle? Which shape is rectangular? a4 How points has the star? How many sides? What is special about the triangular shape? b1 What is special about the hexagon, the triangle? b2 What is the different shape called? Describe the differences between the three hexagons. b3 There are at least 7. Use the left hand shape to create more triangles. 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? 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? c2 Can you create more than 4 right angles? Make a square, rectangle. c3 What are the other triangles called? Describe them. Make them look exactly the same. c4 Describe each shape in detail, particularly the corners. 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? a2 Can you make them all exactly the same shape? Can you make other patterns? a3 Can you make them all exactly the same shape? a4 Can you make a pattern with all three triangles? Can you fit them together to make 9 triangles? b1 How are they different? What is different about the blue triangle in particular? b2 What is a right angle, corner? Print out the completed page. b3 What stays the same however you move the shape? Can you make the shape symmetric? b4 Can you see a square, rectangle, octagon, right-angle, triangle? c1 Describe each group. Print out the completed page. c2 Describe each group. Print out the completed page. c3 Name the shapes. Describe each shape. c4 Very open ended! Extend the more able. 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? a2 Make a triangle, a hexagon, a four sided shape with opposite sides parallel (parallelogram). a3 Make a triangle, hexagon, four sided shape with two pairs of sides of equal length (kite). a4 Make a hexagon. Make two different parallelograms. b1 Make one large triangle. How many different shapes are possible? Make a hexagon. b2 Put the blue triangle in the middle of the yellow triangle. Can you count 5 triangles? Make a pentagon and a hexagon. b3 What is this fitting together called? What has it to do with honeycombs? What does the "scale" do? b4 You could call these pieces tangrams. Make a square, pentagon, hexagon, octagon. What does the "scale" do? c1 Move the square - what happens? Put two shapes together to make a pentagon. c2 Why is the pink triangle no use? c3 What does the "scale" do? Make some other patterns. c4 What does the "scale" do? Make 2 squares. What else can you make?