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1st Grade Shapes Worksheets

22 1st grade shapes worksheets. Teacher favorites: Shape Art Worksheet and Making Composite Shapes Worksheet. How teachers use these

1st Grade Shapes Worksheets

22 1st grade shapes worksheets. Teacher favorites: Shape Art Worksheet and Making Composite Shapes Worksheet. How teachers use these

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Worksheet1st GradeShape Art Worksheet

This Shape Art Worksheet asks 1st grade students to count the circles, rectangles, triangles and hexagons hidden in a picture, then count the sides of four shapes. An answer key is included.

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Worksheet1st GradeMaking Composite Shapes Worksheet

This Making Composite Shapes Worksheet helps 1st Grade students build and break apart shapes using squares, triangles, trapezoids and half-circles. An answer key is included, so shape practice takes no prep.

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Worksheet1st GradeLooking at Composite Shapes Worksheet

This Looking at Composite Shapes Worksheet gives 1st graders four pictures built from squares and triangles and asks how many of each shape they see. Answer key included for quick, no-prep geometry practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeClassifying Shapes Worksheet

This Classifying Shapes Worksheet has 1st graders count sides and corners, then sort nine numbered shapes into circle, square, and triangle columns. An answer key is included for fast checking.

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Worksheet1st Grade3D Shapes Worksheet

This 3D Shapes Worksheet asks 1st grade students to circle the solids that roll, then name the shape a drum, an orange and a party hat look like. An answer key is included, so children can check their own work.

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Worksheet1st GradeShape Counting Worksheet

This shape counting worksheet has Kindergarten students count groups of shapes, then write the numeral and the number word for each one. An answer key is included, so checking counting practice takes seconds.

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Worksheet1st GradeKnow Your Shapes Worksheet

This know your shapes worksheet has 1st graders color 2D shapes blue and 3D shapes red, then name each solid from a word box. An answer key is included for fast, easy checking.

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Worksheet1st GradeIdentify Real Life Shapes Worksheet

This identify real life shapes worksheet has 1st grade students sort nine everyday objects into circle, square and triangle columns, then finish three sentences. An answer key is included.

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Worksheet1st GradeWhat Shape is That Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The What Shape is That Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 1st Grade students a short park story and five text-based questions, with an answer key included, so they can name shapes by their sides and corners with confidence.

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Worksheet1st Grade3-D Shape Sorting Worksheet

This 3-D Shape Sorting Worksheet gives 1st graders six solid figures to cut out and paste under Curved Surface or Flat Faces Only. An answer key is included, so the sorting checks itself.

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Worksheet1st GradeDrawing Shapes Given Defining Attributes Worksheet

This Drawing Shapes Given Defining Attributes Worksheet gives 1st grade students four attribute clues to read and four shapes to draw, with an answer key included, so shape rules finally stick.

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Worksheet1st GradeTriangles, Rectangles, or Neither Worksheet

In this Triangles, Rectangles, or Neither Worksheet, 1st graders check sides, corners, and closed edges to sort nine shapes into three columns. A full answer key makes checking quick and easy.

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Worksheet1st Grade2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional Shapes Worksheet

This 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional Shapes Worksheet asks 1st graders to sort six lettered figures into a flat column and a solid column. An answer key is included for quick, no-prep geometry practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeShape Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

This shape scavenger hunt worksheet has 1st graders sort six everyday objects into cone, sphere and prism, then find and draw one more of each. An answer key is included.

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Worksheet1st GradeColoring the Shapes Worksheet

Use this coloring the shapes worksheet to help 1st grade students color triangles, squares and rectangles by counting sides and corners. An answer key is included, so checking work is quick and easy.

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Worksheet1st Grade3D Shape Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

This 3d shape scavenger hunt worksheet has 1st graders sort six everyday objects into cube, cylinder and cone, then find and draw one more of each. An answer key is included.

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Worksheet1st GradeThree Dimension Sorting Worksheet

With the Three Dimension Sorting Worksheet, 1st Grade students cut out six everyday objects and paste each beside the cube, cylinder, or rectangular prism it matches. An answer key is included.

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Worksheet1st GradeDrawing Attributes Worksheet

This drawing attributes worksheet asks 1st grade students to find the train car that changes just one thing, color or shape. An answer key is included for fast checking.

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Worksheet1st GradeFinding Geometry Examples Worksheet

This finding geometry examples worksheet has 1st graders name the flat shape in six everyday objects using a picture Shape Box. An answer key is included for quick checking.

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Shapes to Create New Shapes Worksheet

This using shapes to create new shapes worksheet asks 1st Grade students to count the pattern block pieces in four bigger shapes and name each one, with an answer key to make checking simple.

From our teachers' playbook

Sides, corners and shape puzzles

What do 1st graders learn about shapes?

First graders go beyond naming shapes. They learn what makes a shape that shape, called defining attributes: a triangle always has 3 straight sides and 3 corners, no matter its color or size. They put shapes together to make new ones, like two triangles making a square, and build 3D shapes from cubes and cones. They also split circles and rectangles into two and four equal parts and name them halves and fourths: 2 halves = 1 whole. The click moment comes when a child says "It's still a triangle, it's just upside down!"

Our favorite ways to teach 1st grade shapes

Shapes click when kids build, break and talk about them. These moves do all three.

Make new shapes

Give kids pattern blocks and ask them to make a hexagon using only triangles. Then try trapezoids. Building composite shapes shows that shapes can be combined, which leads straight to fractions.

Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.

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Find the hidden shapes

Show a composite picture, like a house made of a square and triangle, and ask kids to name every shape they see. They outline each one in a different color. It trains eyes to see parts inside a whole.

Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).

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3D shape check

Flash 3D shape cards and have kids name the shape and one real object that matches. Quick daily checks keep cylinders and cones from mixing up.

Why it works: a big review of study methods ranked quick self-quizzing among the most powerful ways to remember (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Questions parents and teachers ask us

What shapes do 1st graders learn?

First graders work with 2D shapes like circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, trapezoids and hexagons, and 3D shapes like cubes, cones, cylinders and spheres. They focus on what makes each shape unique.

What are defining attributes?

Defining attributes are features that make a shape what it is, like the number of sides and corners. Color, size and direction are not defining attributes.

What is a composite shape?

A composite shape is made by putting two or more shapes together. Two squares side by side make a rectangle, and six triangles make a hexagon.

Do 1st graders learn fractions?

Yes, a little! First graders split circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares and use the words halves, fourths and quarters.