Shapes · Grade 2

Shape Attributes Worksheets: Sides, Corners, and Faces

A flat shape has sides and corners. A solid has faces. Use these different features to describe a pentagon, a hexagon, and a cube.

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Notice what the question asks you to count

Read the shape name and the feature together. A side is a straight part of a flat shape's boundary. A corner is where two sides meet. A face is a flat surface of a solid. Counting a different feature can give a different answer.

Count the sides of a pentagon

A pentagon is a closed flat shape with five straight sides. Point to one side, move around the boundary, and stop when you return to the start. Count every side once. A pentagon does not need five equal sides to be a pentagon.

Count the corners of a hexagon

A hexagon has six straight sides and six corners. This question asks for corners, so point to the places where sides meet. Mark the first corner to avoid counting it twice. Turning the shape does not change how many corners it has.

Try it with paper: an adult can draw a simple pentagon and hexagon for the child to trace. The three printed questions do not include shape pictures. If the child is still learning the names, use these paper shapes while reading the questions aloud.

Look all around a cube

A cube has six square faces. Hold a cube block or die and turn it to find every face, including the bottom and the faces hidden at first. Count each flat square surface once. On a die, count the faces, not the dots.

A cube has eight corners, but the cube question asks for square faces. Help the child touch a whole flat surface and then a corner to feel the difference. A square drawn on paper is a flat shape; a cube is a solid you can turn.

Check the feature as well as the number

The answers are five pentagon sides, six hexagon corners, and six cube faces. Ask the child to show what each number counts using a paper shape or cube. The last two answers are both six, but they count different features.

Use these three questions again

These are three fixed questions. New numbers does not change the shapes or answers. For another practice round, cover the written answers and ask the child to explain or demonstrate each count. An adult may record a spoken answer when writing is difficult.

This is a short review of selected shape attributes. It does not assess identifying shapes from pictures or drawing shapes with given attributes.

Make a practice set

Choose what to print. Selecting both shows the answer key on screen and prints the questions followed by the answers.

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After the practice

Ask the child to point to a side, a corner, and a face using paper shapes and a cube. Explain what makes these features different.

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Grade 2 selected skill connection: 2.G.A.1. See the Common Core grade guidance. This worksheet does not cover every requirement in the standard.