Properties of shape - Horizontal and vertical​ - Worksheet

The worksheet provides a structured approach for children to enhance their understanding of horizontal and vertical lines, as well as lines of symmetry. Through a series of engaging tasks, students are encouraged to identify and find horizontal and vertical lines in various contexts, including within shapes and symbols. The activities are designed to help students distinguish between the two types of lines and to recognize horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry in different figures. To reinforce this knowledge, the worksheet includes exercises where children complete stem sentences, label lines in images, and sort letters and shapes based on their lines of symmetry.

Additionally, the worksheet aims to develop students' fluency and precision with these concepts. One of the tasks involves completing sentences to reinforce the definitions of horizontal and vertical lines—a horizontal line runs from left to right across the paper, whereas a vertical line runs straight up and down. Students are also tasked with labeling lines in given images and sorting letters into a table according to whether they exhibit horizontal, vertical, or both lines of symmetry. The worksheet is structured to encourage critical thinking and problem-solving, as students must also identify any mistakes in a pre-completed table and think of their own examples of letters and shapes that fit the specified categories of symmetry.