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Colour by 2D Shapes - Worksheet Pack
F 1 2 Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets Mathematics Shape 20 Pages

Colour by 2D Shapes - Worksheet Pack

This engaging worksheet pack reinforces shape recognition by having students identify and colour 2D shapes using a key. Each page features a different fun image composed of common 2D shapes including circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, ovals, and pentagons.


Students are instructed to:

  • Use the colour key to identify shapes
  • Colour each part of the image according to the shape type


Ideal for independent work, maths rotations, early finishers, or reinforcing geometry vocabulary.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to sort, name, make and describe familiar shapes using obvious features.
  • We are learning to make, compare and classify shapes and objects using obvious features.
  • We are learning to recognise, compare and classify shapes and objects using obvious features and spatial terms, e.g. opposite, parallel, curved, straight.
  • We are learning to sort, describe and name 2D shapes and 3D objects based on common features.
  • We are learning to describe the features of two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects.
  • We are learning to use features to describe and draw two-dimensional shapes.
  • We are learning to describe the features of three-dimensional objects.

Curriculum alignment

MA1-15MG old Manipulates, sorts, represents, describes and explores two- dimensional shapes, including quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and octagons MA1-3WM old Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained MAe-1WM old Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings MAe-3WM old Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions MAe-14MG old Manipulates, sorts and represents three- dimensional objects and describes them using everyday language MAe-2WM old Uses objects, actions, technology and/or trial and error to explore mathematical problems MAe-15MG old Manipulates, sorts and describes representations of two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, squares and rectangles, using everyday language MA1-14MG old Sorts, describes, represents and recognises familiar three-dimensional objects, including cones, cubes, cylinders, spheres and prisms MA1-1WM old Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols MAE-2DS-01 new Sorts, describes, names and makes two-dimensional shapes, including triangles, circles, squares and rectangles MAE-2DS-02 new Describes and compares areas of similar shapes MA1-2DS-01 new Recognises, describes and represents shapes including quadrilaterals and other common polygons MA1-3DS-01 new Recognises, describes and represents familiar three-dimensional objects MA1-2DS-02 new Measures and compares areas using uniform informal units in rows and columns
VCMMG081 Sort, describe and name familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the environment VCMMG098 Recognise and classify familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects using obvious features VCMMG120 Describe and draw two-dimensional shapes, with and without digital technologies VCMMG121 Describe the features of three-dimensional objects

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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