Week 12 · Wednesday: Measure, time and shapes (Number Trail Grade 1)

Wednesday: Shapes and their sides

Rosie the Rabbit cuts shapes from paper.

"Is a big triangle still a triangle?" asks Rosie.

Lizzy counts the sides. "Yes! It still has 3."

Learn it: sides and corners

A triangle has 3 straight sides and 3 corners.

A square has 4 equal sides and 4 square corners.

A rectangle has 4 sides and 4 square corners.

A circle is round. It has no corners.

$A triangle$

Color does not change a shape.

Size does not change a shape.

Turning it does not change a shape.

The sides and corners tell us the name.

NAME THE SHAPE

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

$A triangle$ What shape is this?

$A rectangle$ What shape is this?

$A hexagon$ What shape is this?

$A circle$ What shape is this?

COUNT SIDES AND CORNERS

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

$A triangle$ How many sides does a triangle have?

$A square$ How many corners does a square have?

$A hexagon$ How many sides does a hexagon have?

$A circle$ How many corners does a circle have?

Sentence	True or false?
A red triangle and a blue triangle are both triangles.	?
A tiny square is not a square.	?
A rectangle has 4 square corners.	?
A shape with 3 sides is a triangle.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEA tiny square still has 4 equal sides. It is a square.

FEWEST SIDES TO MOST SIDES

A triangle has 3, a square 4, a hexagon 6.
Tap from fewest sides to most.

11st

22nd

33rd

Try it

Look around your home for shapes.
Find something with 4 square corners.
Find something round with no corners.
Count the sides of a book cover.

Draw a triangle, a square and a circle.

Word Spot: still, learn

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Still: S-T-I-L-L.

Learn: L-E-A-R-N.

FIND THE WORD

Listen to the word.
Tap it.

Find the word you hear.

FILL THE GAP

Listen to the sentence.
Tap the missing word.

Sit very ___.

I want to ___ to swim.

Super shape spotting! Tomorrow Chris tells a story about equal parts.