3D Shape Sort
- 25 pages
- PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
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About this resource
3D shape sort cut and paste in three true levels, not one page printed three times. Students cut out cubes, spheres, cones, cylinders, pyramids and rectangular prisms, then glue each solid in its bin. Level 1 is errorless: a faint outline of the right solid is already printed in each bin, so the student can match first. Level 2 takes the outline away and asks for the solid's name across six bins. Level 3 sorts the same kind of solids a different way: can roll, can stack or both.
WHAT IS INCLUDED - 25 pages
- Start Here page: what is inside, the three levels, three steps
- Solid words page: a labeled cube (face, edge, corner as vocabulary only), word list, sentence frames, questions to ask and ways to extend
- Level 1A, errorless: a sphere or cube sort mat with an outline in each bin, plus a cut page of 12 solids (6 spheres, 6 cubes)
- Level 1B, errorless: a cone or cylinder sort mat with an outline in each bin, plus a cut page of 12 solids (6 cones, 6 cylinders)
- Level 2, sort by name: a six-bin mat (cube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism) with a short words cue in each bin and no outline, plus a cut page of 24 solids (4 of each). A tall cone and a wide cone are both cones, and the prisms come long, tall and flat
- Level 3, roll or stack: a three-bin mat (can roll, can stack, both) with a cut page of 12 solids
- A real world page: a drawn ball, die, can, party hat and cereal box to name with the solid words, plus a box to draw one more
- An ink-saver (black and white) copy of the Level 2 mat and cut page
- Answer key and a blank data sheet
- A filled example data sheet for an invented student (labeled as invented), with its scores on a bar chart
- A progress roll-up page: a blank chart plus a summary for the team
- A helper card for a paraprofessional, sub or volunteer: how to run it, with blanks for the teacher's own prompts
- A note for home
- A binder set: cover, 6 spine labels and 12 divider tabs (1 of them blank)
- A What's Next page and a credits page
Every solid is drawn in the same six colors, so color is never the clue, and each solid comes in several sizes, so size is never the clue either. The solids sit edge to edge in a grid, so cutting is straight lines only. All solids are drawn vectors with flat light, medium and dark tints, not clip art or generated images.
How This Differs From Our 3D Shape Probes
Bright Path Sped also sells 3D shape progress-monitoring probes. Those are assessment probes. This is a hands-on sort for the table: students cut, sort and glue, and you keep your own data on the sheet if you choose.
What This Is, And What It Is Not
It is a print, cut and glue sorting task box. It is NOT a digital or interactive file. No prices are printed inside the PDF.
Who This Is For
Special education, preschool, kindergarten and early elementary teachers who need independent work for naming and sorting 3D solids, and the paraprofessionals and subs who run it.
