Year 3 · Summer term · weeks 8 to 9 · Geometry
Year 3 Shape worksheets
Year 3 Shape is taught in the Summer term, weeks 8 to 9. This block has 10 steps: Turns and angles; Right angles; Compare angles; Measure and draw lines accurately; Horizontal and vertical; Parallel and perpendicular; Recognise and describe 2-D shapes; Draw polygons; Recognise and describe 3-D shapes; Make 3-D shapes.
Steps in this block
Step 1: Turns and angles
Describe quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns, clockwise and anticlockwise, and use them to say which way someone faces.
Step 1 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 2: Right angles
Find right angles in shapes and pictures, and compare angles with a right angle: less than, equal to or greater than.
Step 2 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 3: Compare angles
Compare angles with a right angle and with each other, find the greatest and the smallest, and put angles in order of size.
Step 3 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 4: Measure and draw lines accurately
Measure lines with a ruler in centimetres and millimetres, draw lines of a given length and spot mistakes in measuring.
Step 4 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 5: Horizontal and vertical
Recognise horizontal and vertical lines, and lines that are neither.
Step 5 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 6: Parallel and perpendicular
Recognise parallel lines (always the same distance apart) and perpendicular lines (meeting at a right angle).
Step 6 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 7: Recognise and describe 2-D shapes
Name flat shapes, count their sides, vertices and right angles, and use descriptions to name them.
Step 7 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 8: Draw polygons
Complete squares and rectangles on a dot grid by finding the missing corner, and name polygons by their sides.
Step 8 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 9: Recognise and describe 3-D shapes
Name 3-D shapes such as cubes, cuboids, pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres and count their faces, edges and vertices.
Step 9 · not scaffolded sheet with answersStep 10: Make 3-D shapes
Make 3-D shapes from cubes, count the cubes in a shape, and count the straws and marshmallows needed for the edges and vertices of a cube.
Step 10 · not scaffolded sheet with answersHow to use this block
Work through the steps in order. For each step, start the class on the Expected sheet and give Developing or Greater depth sheets where needed. Every worksheet has a separate answer sheet, so children can mark their own work or you can mark it with a marks column. Use the Make a sheet page, or the teacher guide, if you want to know more.