Properties of shape - Assessment

The Year 3 assessment on properties of shape is a comprehensive evaluation designed to measure students' understanding of geometric concepts. The assessment begins by asking students to identify letters with right angles and to circle angles that are greater than a right angle, testing their knowledge of angle types. The next section requires students to match various objects with the most suitable units of measurement, such as millimetres, centimetres, and metres, to gauge their grasp of length and appropriate unit application.

Further into the assessment, students are presented with a scenario involving a rotated butterfly, where they must choose the correct term to describe the extent of the butterfly's turn, both clockwise and anti-clockwise, from options like quarter, half, three-quarter, or full turn. This tests their understanding of rotation and direction. Additionally, students are tasked with practical activities such as measuring a pencil to the nearest centimetre and drawing a line with a specific length that includes both centimetres and millimetres, consolidating their measuring skills. The assessment also includes a section where students circle 2-D shapes that feature parallel lines and complete a table detailing the number of faces, edges, and vertices of shapes like a cuboid and a square pyramid. The final part of the assessment allows students to reflect on their confidence level regarding the properties of shape, providing insight into their self-assessment skills.