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Gingerbread House Shape Builders

Grade 1 composing shapes practice: put triangle, square, trapezoid, and half-circle pieces together to build a gingerbread house.

Grade 1MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to1.G.A.2

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What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 11 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students put flat shapes together to make new shapes such as squares, rectangles, hexagons, and trapezoids.
  • Students name the pieces that make a bigger shape and count how many are used.
  • Students put solid cubes together to make a rectangular prism.

How to use

Hand out paper or pattern block triangles, squares, and trapezoids so students can build each shape before they answer. Use the drawing and the last question as a short share-out.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

1.G.A.2

Combine flat or solid shapes to make new shapes.

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Name Date

Gingerbread House Shape Builders

Put cracker and candy pieces together to make new shapes.

Walls, roof, and windows

Look at how the pieces fit together with no gaps. Answer each question.

1.
Lin puts 2 triangle crackers together for a wall.
Word bank: square · circle · hexagon · trapezoid

What new shape did Lin make? A  

2.
Omar makes the front door from square crackers.

How many squares did Omar use?  
What shape is the door? A  

3.
Lin builds the side of the house.
Word bank: triangle · square · circle

What shape is the roof piece on top? A  
What shape is the wall piece on the bottom? A  

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