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Composing Shapes Worksheet

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Standards
1.G.A.2
1.G.A.1
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About the Worksheet

This interactive and printable worksheet, "Composing Shapes" worksheet is an engaging educational resource designed to help children develop their spatial awareness, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. This interactive and printable activity challenges students to fill in larger shapes with smaller geometric shapes, fostering their ability to recognize patterns, visualize combinations, and think creatively.

What will your child learn through this worksheet?

By working through the "Composing Shapes" worksheet, children will have the opportunity to:

  • Enhance their visual-spatial reasoning abilities
  • Improve their problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Develop an understanding of geometric shapes and their properties
  • Practice logical thinking and pattern recognition
  • Strengthen their fine motor skills (in the printable version)

Learning Outcomes

The specific learning outcomes for this worksheet are:

Cognitive:

  • Identify and distinguish various geometric shapes
  • Recognize patterns and relationships between shapes
  • Apply spatial reasoning and logical thinking to solve problems

Psychomotor:

  • Develop fine motor skills by filling in shapes accurately (printable version)

Affective:

  • Cultivate a sense of accomplishment and confidence in problem-solving
  • Foster perseverance and determination in completing challenging tasks

Interpersonal/Social:

  • Encourage collaboration and communication when working in groups
  • Develop the ability to explain and justify their reasoning

These learning outcomes are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely, ensuring that students can effectively develop their skills and knowledge through this engaging worksheet.

Tags

composing shapes worksheet, geometric shapes, spatial awareness, critical thinking, problem-solving, pattern recognition, visual-spatial reasoning, fine motor skills, interactive worksheet, printable worksheet, cognitive development, psychomotor development, affective development, interpersonal skills, logical thinking, problem-solving skills, analytical skills

Common Core Standards Covered

1.G.A.1
Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.
1.G.A.2
Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape.1

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  • • Self-paced learning
  • • Progress tracking

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Grade Levels:

Grade 1

Subjects:

math

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