Shape Games for Students Aged 9-11
Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to practise and consolidate their knowledge and understanding of shape and space.
The three games, with their mathematical content, are:
• Angles - identifying right, acute and obtuse angles in shapes
• Coordinates grid game - generating co-ordinates in the first quadrant with a dice to make straight lines
• Name that shape - naming shapes after using dice to reach a co-ordinate location on a grid.
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Activity time: 10 minutes
Level / prior knowledge: pupils need…
Activity time: 10 minutes
Level / prior knowledge: pupils need to know the names of polygons
Subject / curriculum links / skills: Shape in maths
Preparation time: Minimum
Extra resources: Dice
Commentary: This review is mainly for the “name that shape” file, it is a one page PDF that just needs printing off and giving to pupils in twos or threes with dice. Pupils score points when they can correctly name a shape based on the number of sides it has, with other variations being on the lines of symmetry or number of angles. When I used this resource I used it as part of the main activity, but some of the weaker pupils needed to refer back to the terminology in order to play the game. With this in mind you might want to differentiate by giving hint cards out with the keywords on, or use as a plenary to consolidate learning. I found this link whilst searching for angles resources, but found the “angles” file a good game in theory, but a little too fiddly to use.
4/5
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