Above, below, beside worksheets

A triangle sits above a square, and saying so out loud is the whole exercise. These free printable worksheets put two shapes in a box and ask the child to finish one sentence about where the first one is.

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Shapes rather than toys or animals, and that is the standard's own doing: kindergarten geometry asks a child to describe objects “using names of shapes” and then to say where those objects are. Two jobs in one sentence, so a picture of a ball beside a box would answer only half of it.

Why this sheet works

Each question prints its sentence in full — “The hexagon is ___ the octagon.” The first draft said “circle where the first shape is” over a picture with no numbers on it, which is meaningless for a pair stacked one above the other: whichever a child reads first is “first” to them.

Where is itWhere one shape sits

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Circle the word that finishes each sentence.

1The pentagon is ___ the triangle.abovebelowbeside

2The octagon is ___ the pentagon.abovebelowbeside

3The hexagon is ___ the triangle.abovebelowbeside

4The hexagon is ___ the rectangle.abovebelowbeside

5The rectangle is ___ the pentagon.abovebelowbeside

6The hexagon is ___ the pentagon.abovebelowbeside

7The rectangle is ___ the square.abovebelowbeside

8The square is ___ the octagon.abovebelowbeside

Where is it · Where one shape sitsAnswer key

1. pentagon is beside the triangle2. octagon is above the pentagon3. hexagon is below the triangle4. hexagon is above the rectangle5. rectangle is below the pentagon6. hexagon is above the pentagon7. rectangle is below the square8. square is beside the octagon

Above, below, beside worksheets

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