Properties of shape - Make patterns with 2D shapes - Worksheet

The worksheet titled "Make Patterns with 2-D Shapes" is a resource designed to enhance children's understanding of two-dimensional shapes through pattern creation and continuation exercises. In the initial tasks, students are presented with simple sequences of alternating shapes and are encouraged to extend these patterns using their knowledge of shape properties. As they progress, they encounter patterns comprising three different shapes, which require careful observation and analysis to continue correctly. The aim is to foster reasoning and problem-solving skills as children identify and replicate the given patterns.

Further exercises on the worksheet offer more challenging scenarios where children must draw and continue patterns based on specific criteria, such as the number of sides or the presence of vertical lines of symmetry. For example, they may be asked to continue a pattern that alternates between shapes like a circle, rectangle, and triangle. Additionally, the worksheet includes activities where students must evaluate the work of fictional peers, determining if patterns have been correctly represented and predicting which shapes will appear at certain positions in the sequence. These activities not only test the students' fluency and precision in working with 2-D shapes but also their ability to reason and articulate their understanding of geometric patterns.