Geometry Shape - Sort 2D shapes - Worksheet

This engaging worksheet activity is designed to help Year 6 students master the curriculum by sorting and classifying common 2-dimensional shapes. The National Curriculum objective for this lesson is for children to recognise and name familiar 2-D shapes such as rectangles (which include squares), circles, and triangles. To achieve this, the lesson provides differentiated sheets and teaching slides to support the learning process. Key vocabulary terms like rectangles, squares, circles, and triangles are introduced and reinforced throughout the activity.

Students are encouraged to sort and group 2-D shapes based on their properties, including type, size, and colour, while understanding that a shape's orientation does not change its characteristics. Teachers guide the discussion to help students identify similarities and differences among shapes, such as the relationship between squares and rectangles, without the immediate need for students to comprehend that a square is a specific type of rectangle. Through a series of questions, children are prompted to think critically about the shapes they are working with, how they have been sorted, and explore alternative sorting methods. This exercise not only develops their fluency and precision in handling shapes but also enhances their reasoning and problem-solving skills by allowing them to create their own categories for sorting, such as by colour, number of sides, or corners.