Six riddles ask pupils to name a 3D shape from its faces, edges and vertices. Page 1 gives two or three clues in each box, such as I have 6 square faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices, and a word bank of cone, cube, cylinder, sphere, square-based pyramid and triangular prism. On page 2, pupils write a riddle of their own with three clues, then draw the shape and name it. Page 3 is the key. It follows England National Curriculum geometry for Year 2.
Geometry - properties of shapes
“identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces”
The cube riddle gives 12 edges and 8 vertices, and pupils write their own clues about faces, edges or vertices on page 2.
Geometry - properties of shapes
“identify 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D shapes, [for example, a circle on a cylinder and a triangle on a pyramid]”
Several riddles use clues such as 2 flat circle faces or 4 triangle faces.
Six boxes with two or three clues each, from 6 square faces to 2 triangle faces and 3 rectangle faces, with two lines to write the name.
A table with Clue 1, Clue 2 and Clue 3, then a box to draw the shape and an I am a line for its name.
The six shapes, and a note on what to check in a pupil's own riddle, with a cuboid as the example.
Read aloud
Read one riddle at a time and ask pupils to hold up a real shape before anyone writes the answer.
Swap and solve
Pupils swap their page 2 riddles with a partner, who guesses the shape and checks each clue against the drawing.
Display
Pick the best pupil riddles for a wall display, with the answer under a flap.
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