Geometry (Shape) in Year 4

Resources for Year 4 covering the properties of 3-D and 2-D shapes, angle, symmetry and position and direction.

Children will be expected to know the names of, and recognise, some quite tricky 3D shapes. These include prisms, cuboids, cylinders and pyramids. As well as this, the term prism can be used for a variety of shapes, including triangular prism, hexagonal prism and octagonal prism. Unlike basic shapes these are not terms that are really used in everyday life. If children are to become familiar with them they will need a lot of practice naming the shapes and recognising their properties.

Turning clockwise and anticlockwise will be revisited in Year 4, as will classifying angles into acute, obtuse and right angles.

Triangles form a major part of the work in Year 4, with the terms scalene, isosceles and equilateral introduced. Right angled triangles will also be looked at.

Again, the language of 2D shape is quite tricky, with 4 sided shapes such as a trapezium, a rhombus and a parallelogram being introduced. Children will also consider polygons and whether they are regular or irregular.

Understanding of symmetry is also extended to include any line of symmetry in any direction.

2D and 3D shape

A great variety of resources to help children understand, learn the properties of and classify 3D and 2D shapes.

3 pages

Visualise describe and classify 3D shapes

Identifying 3D shapes including hexagonal prisms and tetrahedrons: quite difficult words for many children.

11 pages

Visualise describe and classify 2D shapes

Identifying 2D shapes including isosceles triangles and heptagons. Also introducing concave and convex shapes and more sorting shapes using Venn and Carroll diagrams.

6 pages

3D objects and nets

Edges, faces, vertices of prisms, nets of cuboids and making 3D shapes are just some of the activities in this set of worksheets.

3 pages

Equilateral, isosceles and scalene triangles

Recognising equilateral, isosceles and scalene triangles.

3 pages

Classify 4-sided shapes

Classifying 4-sided shapes according to their properties.

4 pages

Draw a shape from a description

Draw a shape to match each of the descriptions and write the name of the shape.

3 pages

Draw triangles to match the description

Draw a triangle to match each of the descriptions.

2 pages

Drawing shapes and angles

Drawing shapes with certain properties.

Understanding angle

Children will be expected to know that angles are a measure of turn which can be measured in degrees. Acute and obtuse angles are introduced.

5 pages

Angle as a measure of turn

Angle is a measure of turn: a right angle is a quarter turn. Plenty of turning in this set of angle worksheets!

4 pages

Angles as turns (1)

A look at quarter, half and three-quarter turns.

4 pages

Angles as turns (2)

More on quarter, half and three-quarter turns.

3 pages

Acute and obtuse angles (1)

An acute angle is greater than zero degrees and less than 90 degrees. An obtuse angle is greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.

3 pages

Recognising types of angle

Recognising acute, obtuse and right angles.

3 pages

Finding the largest or smallest angle

Finding the largest or smallest angle in a shape or on a straight line.

4 pages

Compare and order angles

Order angles from smallest to greatest.

5 pages

Angle using clock hands

In one hour the hour hand of a clock turns 30 degrees. Knowing this means that the questions on these pages are quite straightforward.

2 pages

Drawing shapes and angles

Drawing shapes and angles using the grid provided.

5 pages

Measure angle using a set square

A set square is a very useful tool for drawing 30, 45, 60 and 90 degree angles.

Triangles and angles

Resources to help children identify triangles and the types of angle within them.

4 pages

Identifying triangles (1)

Identifying right-angled, isosceles, equilateral and scalene triangles.

4 pages

Identifying triangles (2)

Position and symmetry

Translations and rotations are introduced in Year 4. Co-ordinates in the first quadrant are used to describe position. Lines of symmetry are also introduced.

3 pages

Translations

Translation in maths just means slide the shape along a certain distance. Try drawing the picture by translating the shapes as shown.

3 pages

Reflections

Drawing reflections is much trickier than you might think. Some children (and adults) have real difficulties with these.

6 pages

Co-ordinates (1)

When plotting points on a grid remember the first number is the number of squares along and the second number is the number of squares up. Some great drawings to plot, but care needs to be taken!