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2D shapes and their features
A Year 1/2 teacher explores with students the language of 2D shapes and their features.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 2 Year 3
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Shapes and objects
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P3)
- Publisher
- AITSL
- Copyright
- © 2017 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. Free-for-education material.
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