A Venn diagram sort for Year 2 maths. Pupils place nine everyday objects, including a football, cereal box and tin of soup, into a two-circle diagram labelled Can Roll and Has Flat Faces, deciding which belong in the overlap. The answer key sorts all nine. Covers the England National Curriculum objective on comparing and sorting shapes.
Geometry - properties of shapes
“Compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D shapes and everyday objects.”
The sort compares real objects by two shape properties at once.
Geometry - properties of shapes
“Identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces”
Deciding what rolls and what stacks means reasoning about curved and flat faces.
Nine everyday objects, from a football to a cereal box and a tin of soup.
Two circles, Can Roll and Has Flat Faces, with a Both region in the middle.
All nine letters placed, three per region.
Talk partners
Sort the nine objects in pairs; the overlap items spark the best arguments.
Main task
Set it in the lesson on sorting shapes by properties.
Assessment check
The Both region shows who can hold two properties in mind together.
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