teaching resource

2-D Shapes and Their Attributes - Interactive PowerPoint

Updated: 30 Jan 2023

Practice identifying the attributes of different 2D shapes with this 90-slide interactive PowerPoint.

Editable: PowerPoint
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 90 Pages
Grades: 3 - 6

Curriculum

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.G.A.1

Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangl...
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.G.A.1

Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.G.A.2

Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines, or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size. Recognize right triangles as a category, and identify right triangles.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.G.A.3

Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.B.3

Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category. For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.B.4

Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties.

Math 3.6(A)

Classify and sort two- and three-dimensional figures, including cones, cylinders, spheres, triangular and rectangular prisms, and cubes, based on attributes using formal geometric language;
Math 3.6(B)

Use attributes to recognize rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories;
Math 4.6(A)

Identify points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, and perpendicular and parallel lines;
Math 4.6(B)

Identify and draw one or more lines of symmetry, if they exist, for a two-dimensional figure;
Math 4.6(D)

Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.
Math 5.5

Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to classify two-dimensional figures by attributes and properties. The student is expected to classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy of sets and subsets ...
1. TEKS Math
2. TEKS Math 5
Math 6.8(A)

Extend previous knowledge of triangles and their properties to include the sum of angles of a triangle, the relationship between the lengths of sides and measures of angles in a triangle, and determining when three lengths form a triangle;

teaching resource

2-D Shapes and Their Attributes - Interactive PowerPoint

Updated: 30 Jan 2023

Practice identifying the attributes of different 2D shapes with this 90-slide interactive PowerPoint.

Editable: PowerPoint
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 90 Pages
Grades: 3 - 6

Practice identifying the attributes of different 2D shapes with this 90-slide interactive PowerPoint.

Use this interactive PowerPoint presentation when teaching your students the attributes of 2-D shapes. The shapes included in this presentation are:

square
rectangle
triangle
pentagon
hexagon
octagon
rhombus
trapezoid
parallelogram
circle
kite

This powerpoint works great as a math warm-up each day during your geometry unit, as a math review before an upcoming test over 2-D shapes, or as a review before starting your geometry unit in middle school.

Students are lead through a series of slides showing the different attributes of each shape. Some of the attributes include:

number of sides
number of vertices
equal sides and angles
parallel sides and angles
lines of symmetry.

To activate the interactive functions on this PowerPoint, ensure that you have ‘enabled editing’ and are viewing the PowerPoint as a ‘Slide Show’.

Add new slides for any other 2-D shapes your class may cover using the editable function on the PowerPoint.

Please note:

we have included a PDF version of this resource, however it will not include the interactive functions that the PowerPoint version does.
this resource is a large file and may take extra time to download.

Curriculum

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.G.A.1

Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangl...
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.G.A.1

Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.G.A.2

Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines, or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size. Recognize right triangles as a category, and identify right triangles.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.G.A.3

Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.B.3

Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category. For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.B.4

Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties.

Math 3.6(A)

Classify and sort two- and three-dimensional figures, including cones, cylinders, spheres, triangular and rectangular prisms, and cubes, based on attributes using formal geometric language;
Math 3.6(B)

Use attributes to recognize rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories;
Math 4.6(A)

Identify points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, and perpendicular and parallel lines;
Math 4.6(B)

Identify and draw one or more lines of symmetry, if they exist, for a two-dimensional figure;
Math 4.6(D)

Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.
Math 5.5

Geometry and measurement. The student applies mathematical process standards to classify two-dimensional figures by attributes and properties. The student is expected to classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy of sets and subsets ...
1. TEKS Math
2. TEKS Math 5
Math 6.8(A)

Extend previous knowledge of triangles and their properties to include the sum of angles of a triangle, the relationship between the lengths of sides and measures of angles in a triangle, and determining when three lengths form a triangle;

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