A one-page Year 2 check on 3D shapes, with the answer key on page 2. Pupils name five shapes from a word bank: cone, cube, cylinder, sphere and square-based pyramid. They then count the faces, edges and vertices of a cuboid, tick the 2D shape on the end of a cylinder, and circle the shapes that can roll from a cube, sphere, cylinder and cuboid. It follows England National Curriculum geometry.
Geometry - properties of shapes
“identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces”
Question 2 asks pupils to count the faces, edges and vertices of a cuboid.
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]”
Question 3 asks for the 2D shape on the end of a cylinder.
Geometry - properties of shapes
“compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D shapes and everyday objects”
Question 4 asks pupils to pick the shapes that roll.
Five pictures in a row with the word bank above and a box under each for the name.
One cuboid and a table headed Faces, Edges and Vertices.
A tick-one question with Square, Triangle, Circle and Rectangle.
Pupils circle the shapes that can roll from a cube, a sphere, a cylinder and a cuboid.
The five names in picture order, 6 faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices, circle ticked, and sphere and cylinder circled.
End of the topic
Use it as a short assessment after the 3D shapes unit. The cuboid table shows who can count the hidden edges.
Quick starter
Take question 4 alone as a starter and ask pupils to say why the cube and cuboid do not roll.
Catch-up group
Give pupils who miss question 2 a real cuboid to hold and count with, then let them try again.
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