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Pattern Block Detectives: What Makes a Shape?

Grade 1 geometry practice with pattern blocks: tell which features make a shape (sides, corners, closed) and which do not (color, size, turns).

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Aligned to1.G.A.1

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 11 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students name shapes by defining features: being closed and the number of straight sides and corners.
  • Students explain that color, size, and turning do not change a shape's name.
  • Students close an open figure to draw a triangle.

How to use

Put out real pattern blocks so students can turn and compare them. Talk through the first section together, then let students try the riddles and the drawing on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

1.G.A.1

Tell apart the features that define a shape from features that do not, such as color.

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Pattern Block Detectives: What Makes a Shape?

Look at sides, corners, and closed shapes, not color, size, or turns.

Count sides and corners

Look closely at each pattern block.

1.
Look at this gray block.

How many straight sides does it have?   sides
How many corners does it have?   corners

2.
Circle every block that has exactly 4 straight sides.

3.
Which one is NOT a triangle?
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
4.
Sort the blocks by their sides.
3 straight sides4 straight sidesNo straight sides

What changes the name?

Think about what makes each shape what it is.

5.
Pia sees that the triangle pattern block is green. She says, "All triangles are green." Is Pia right?
  • A. Yes. A triangle must be green.
  • B. No. A triangle can be any color. It must be closed and have 3 straight sides.
  • C. No. A triangle must be gray.
  • D. Yes. Every green shape is a triangle.
6.
Owen says block A and block B are different kinds of shapes. He says A is gray and B is white, and B is standing up. Which is true?AB
  • A. Owen is right. A white shape cannot be a rectangle.
  • B. Owen is right. B is a different shape because it stands up.
  • C. Both are rectangles. Color and turning do not change the name.
7.
Ruby has this square block. Which change would make it NOT a square anymore?
  • A. Color it blue.
  • B. Turn it so it stands on a corner.
  • C. Pull two sides so they are longer than the other two.
  • D. Make it much bigger.
8.
Circle each sentence that is true for every circle.

It is round.It is gray.It is closed.It is small.It has no corners.

Riddles and drawing

Use what makes each shape what it is.

9.
Solve each block riddle. Use the word bank.
Word bank: triangle · square · rectangle · circle · hexagon

I am big and red. I am closed. I have 3 straight sides and 3 corners. I am a  .
I am small and blue. I am closed. I have 6 straight sides and 6 corners. I am a  .
I am turned on my side. I am closed. I have 4 straight sides and 4 square corners. Two of my sides are long and two are short. I am a  .

10.
Ben traced a triangle block, but his line did not close. Draw a line to close the gap so the shape is a triangle.
11.
Ana's block is big and gray. Tess's block is small and white. Both blocks are closed and have 6 straight sides. Are they the same kind of shape? Tell why.

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