Fun with Shapes

Use cut outs of shapes to make a rangoli design. Outline the object and colour.

Collect some cardboard boxes and open them up carefully. What shapes do you see in the flattened boxes?

Trace all the faces of any cuboidal object. (example — sharpener or eraser)

Look at the different rectangles given below and answer the following questions.

Both have ____ sides.

Both have ____ corners.

Use matchsticks to make a square so that it has squares on all its sides. How many squares did you get?

Use the square cutouts from the book to do this activity. How many different shapes can you make by joining (a) 2 squares (b) 3 squares (c) 4 squares Show them in a dot grid. Some dot grids are provided in the back of the book.

Can you fold all the corners of a square sheet in such a way that the number of corners remains the same?

Use two matchsticks to make two square corners and then four square corners. Draw and show it in the space given below:

Murugan made three squares with 10 matchsticks. How many squares can you make with 12 matchsticks?

Triangles have _____ sides. They have _____ corners.

Draw and name some triangular objects that you see around you, in your notebook.

Move two matchsticks to turn the one triangle into two triangles.

Have you been to a circus?

What does a circle look like? How is a circle different from a rectangle?

Name some objects that are like circles.

Draw colourful circles to complete the circus scene.

Draw circles by tracing bottle caps, bangles, and rings in your notebook.

Make the following shapes with different sizes and orientations (angular positions) in your notebook. (a) Triangle (b) Rectangle (c) Circle (d) Other shape