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Supporting your child in learning about shape and space
Aims of the evening:
• To explain the progression in learning about shape and space in the primary school and the vocabulary used.
• To explain the links between shape and space and reasoning and communicating.
• To suggest ways of helping and supporting your child with maths at home.
Vocabulary
parallel prismperpendicular polygonoblong pentagontrapezium quadrilateralpyramid spherecuboidtetrahedronhemisphere
Can you put these shape words in the order you think they are taught, from Yr R to Y6?
Vocabulary
R - pyramid sphere
1 - cuboid 2 - pentagon3 - quadrilateral
prism hemisphere
4 - oblong polygon tetrahedron
5 - parallel
perpendicular6 - trapezium
Key terms
• sides• corners
• faces• edges• vertices
Overlap with other areas of mathematics
• Fractions
• The language of position and direction
• Data handling – sorting
• Number patterns
Shape work is often connected to number pattern
What shapes can you see?How many of each?
What vocabulary did you use to discuss the pattern?
What do children do with shapes?
• Explore them – roll, stack…
• Make patterns/nets• Build models• Describe• Name/identify/recognise• Visualise• Sort• Turn them
• Reflect (flip) them • Draw/construct• Complete• Compare• Classify• Reason
Practical handling, discussion, mental work, drawing.
A simple sort
trianglessquares
More complex sorting – Venn diagram
hexagon not a hexagon
regular
irregular
Carroll diagram
QuadrilateralsNo right angles
1 right angle
2 right angles
3 right angles
4 right angles
No parallel lines
1 pair of parallel lines
2 pairs of parallel lines
Which is the odd one out?
What do children use in school to explore shape and space?
Helping your child
• Relate it to the real world as much as possible
• Talk, listen, model, recast
• Ask questions
• Be curious and fascinated
• Use a dictionary
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