Math Games

Grade 3 - Geometry and Spatial Sense

Standard 3.GSS.2 - Practice identifying a shape by its name.

Included Skills:

Geometric Relationships
• solve problems requiring the greatest or least number of two-dimensional shapes (e.g., pattern blocks) needed to compose a larger shape in a variety of ways (e.g., to cover an outline puzzle) (Sample problem: Compose a hexagon using different numbers of smaller shapes.);
• explain the relationships between different types of quadrilaterals (e.g., a square is a rectangle because a square has four sides and four right angles; a rhombus is a parallelogram because opposite sides of a rhombus are parallel);
• identify and describe the two-dimensional shapes that can be found in a three-dimensional figure (Sample problem: Build a structure from blocks, toothpicks, or other concrete materials, and describe it using geometric terms, so that your partner will be able to build your structure without seeing it.);
• describe and name prisms and pyramids by the shape of their base (e.g., rectangular prism, square-based pyramid);
• identify congruent two-dimensional shapes by manipulating and matching concrete materials (e.g., by translating, reflecting, or rotating pattern blocks).