Year 2 · Mathematics and statistics · Geometry
Shapes, flips, slides and turns
Name 2D and 3D shapes, count faces, edges and vertices, recognise flips, slides and turns, and give and follow directions.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Shapes, flips, slides and turns — Name flat shapes, count sides and corners, find the faces, edges and vertices of solids, spot flips, slides and turns, and follow directions on a grid.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 1 (Years 0–3), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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More Year 2 maths topics
Numbers to 120 and place value · Adding and subtracting to 100 · Multiplication and division: 2s, 5s and 10s · Halves, thirds and quarters · Money · Patterns and number sentences · Measurement and time · Tally charts and dot plots