3rd Grade Finding Shapes in Everyday Objects Worksheet: 16 Pictures

Solid shapes are all around us, from a box of cereal to an ice cream cone. This 3rd grade finding shapes in everyday objects worksheet has four rows, with four coloured pictures in each row. Every row asks about one shape: a cube, then a cylinder, then a cone and finally a pyramid. Then your child looks at each picture and ticks the box when the object has that shape. More than one picture can fit, so each row needs a careful look. Also, the objects are easy to name, such as a battery, a test tube, a football and a slice of pizza. Page two is the answer key, with a red tick on every right picture.

Four rows to check

Row 1 ticks the die and the box as cubes. Row 2 ticks the test tube, the pencil and the battery as cylinders. In row 3, the ice cream cone and the pointed hat are the cones. Finally, row 4 ticks the Egyptian pyramid and the green toy. All the ticks in the key are right.

The pencil has a cone at its tip, and many boxes are longer than they are tall. The page keeps both ticks, because the main shape is what counts here. However, the labels have a few slips, too. "A dice" should be "a die," and the hat in row 3 belongs to a witch, not a magician. A "football" is a soccer ball in the US, and a "phone box" is a phone booth.

At the table: look at the whole object

Before your child ticks a box, ask them to say what the object looks like from the top and from the side. A cylinder shows a circle from the top and a rectangle from the side. A cone shows a circle and a triangle. A pyramid has a flat base and sides that meet at one point.

Naming solid shapes is usually taught in grades 1 and 2, so this page works well as a quick review.

After the page: a shape hunt in the kitchen

Open a kitchen cupboard together and look for solid shapes. A can of beans is a cylinder, a sugar cube is a cube and a funnel is close to a cone. First, your child sorts five objects into groups by shape. Then they explain each choice with one sentence, such as "It rolls, and it has two flat circles." Finally, ask them to find an object that fits no group at all, and talk about why.