A fill-in-the-blanks passage about 3-D shapes for Year 2 maths. Pupils complete twelve gaps using a word bank of fifteen words, three of which are decoys, to describe faces, edges and vertices and name solids like the cube, cuboid, cylinder and cone. All twelve answers are listed in the key. Targets one England National Curriculum geometry objective.
Geometry - properties of shapes
“Identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces”
The passage describes each property in words before naming the solids.
Fifteen words including faces, edges, vertices, cube and cylinder; three are decoys.
A cloze passage with twelve gaps describing solids and their properties.
All twelve answers in order.
Vocabulary recap
Use it after handling real solids to pin down the terms in writing.
Homework
The word bank keeps it self-contained for home.
Intervention
Read the passage aloud with pupils who muddle edges and vertices.
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