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Stage 2 · Years 3–4Measurement & Space

2D Shapes & Their Features

A no-prep, print-and-go NSW Stage 2 (Years 3–4) pack on 2d shapes & their features, aligned to the NSW Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022), outcome MA2-2DS-01. Three star-differentiated worksheets with answer keys, plus a real-world Apply It page.

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Three levels, one outcome

Every student works on MA2-2DS-01 — pitched to where they are.

Support

Access the outcome with scaffolding

Core

The grade-expected task

Extension

Stretch for those ready

What's included

Cover page
Teacher / About page with syllabus alignment and a star-level legend
★☆☆ Support — naming shapes, counting sides and vertices, spotting quadrilaterals
★★☆ Core — special quadrilaterals, parallel sides, lines of symmetry, reasoning
★★★ Extension — comparing features in a table, shape riddles, symmetry
A full answer key for every worksheet (with teacher look-fors)
Apply It — Shapes in the Real World: five real-world problems, plus its key

Built on the evidence

This isn't a worksheet dump. Every choice in this pack is grounded in what the NSW Department of Education says actually helps students learn.

Explicit teaching & worked examples
The Teacher/About page sets the learning intention and models the outcome with worked examples before students practise — the NSW explicit-teaching sequence of I do → we do → you do.
CESE What Works Best 2025 · Explicit teaching
Differentiation that manages cognitive load
Three tiers — ★ Support, ★★ Core, ★★★ Extension — let you pitch each task to a student's prior knowledge, protecting novices from overload while stretching those ready for more.
CESE · Cognitive load theory
Application & transfer
An Apply It page takes the skill into a real-world context, helping students build durable, connected schemas rather than isolated procedures.
NSW DoE · How learning happens
Syllabus-aligned & assessable
Mapped directly to NSW Mathematics K–10 (2022) outcome MA2-2DS-01, with a full answer key for every task so you can check for understanding at a glance.
NESA · NSW Mathematics K–10 (2022)