Elementary school is an exciting time as students begin to learn geometry concepts and discover that this branch of mathematics encompasses much more than just shapes, lines, and angles. From kindergarten to third grade, elementary school students do spend time learning shapes and their attributes, but by the 4th grade, they begin to learn shape classification using lines and angles. Older elementary school students also come to understand how to use shapes on coordinate planes to solve real-world problems.

The math vocabulary lists are based on the Common Core Elementary Math Standards. VocabularySpellingCity has selected the elementary math words that apply to the key math concepts and written level-appropriate elementary math definitions combined with meaningful example sentences. Elementary students can use these materials for reinforcement to build understanding or assessment. Teachers can import the lists into their account and then edit or extend the lists for their own purposes.

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Common Core State Standards Overview for Elementary School - Geometry

K View Our Lists	Identify and describe shapes. Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.
1st View Our Lists	Reason with shapes and their attributes.
2nd View Our Lists	Reason with shapes and their attributes
3rd View Our Lists	Reason with shapes and their attributes
4th View Our Lists	Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
5th View Our Lists	Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems. Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
Source: www.corestandards.org

To learn these geometry concepts, all students must fully understand geometry terminology. This is why VocabularySpellingCity provides fun and entertaining word games based on geometry word lists, along with printable worksheets and even online progress assessments. The elementary geometry word lists conform with Common Core State Standards. As elementary school students have fun learning geometry vocabulary, the understanding they gain paves the way to a fuller grasp of the geometry concepts themselves, ensuring their knowledge of geometry is in great shape!

Geometry Math Vocabulary
Words at a Glance:

Kindergarten Geometry

Geometry: square, shapes, pattern, triangle, rectangle, cylinder, halves, cone, in front of, cube, inside, middle, sphere, corner, curves, slide, right, graph, circle, left

First Grade Geometry

Description: size, longer, small, longest, smallest, intersect, characteristics, side, parallel, describe

Direction: corner, slide, curves, turn, right, above, below, left, direction, line

Location: location, in front of, between, under, inside, outside, behind, middle, over

Prisms: geometry, prism, line of symmetry, sphere, cylinder, cube, three dimensional, fourths, halves, cone

Shapes: geometry, rectangular, line of symmetry, circle, square, triangle, shape, rectangle, two dimensional, sides

Second Grade Geometry

Classification: reflect, set, slide, rotate, measure, turn, angle, column

Description: right, rectangular, perimeter, distance, circular, corner, below, beside, above, left

Prisms: cube, cone, prism, cylinder, face, line of symmetry, dimensions, sphere, three dimensional

Shapes: pentagon, shape, sides, square, triangle, trapezoid, circle, rectangle, symmetry, polygon, parallelogram, plane shapes, hexagon, octagon, two-dimensional , line of symmetry, intersect, geometry, quadrilateral, parallel

Third Grade Geometry

Angles: obtuse angle, angle, acute angle, right angle, straight angle, vertex, perpendicular, reflection, congruent, degrees

Lines: side, coordinates, line graph, right angle, line of symmetry, intersecting lines, closed figure, line segment, perpendicular, degrees

Prisms: cube, cylinder, base, cone, face, sphere, prism, solid figure, dimensions, volume

Shapes: polygon, octagon, symmetry, congruent, translation, pentagon, hexagon, rhombus, parallelogram, area

Fourth Grade Geometry

Angles: congruent, acute angle, obtuse angle, rotate, straight angle, degrees, angle, right angle, triangle, perpendicular

Classification: similarity, translation, congruent, reflection, rectangular, symmetry, closed figure, open figure, rotation, transformation

Lines: intersection, perpendicular, length, line segment, circumference, point, distance, grid, side, line of symmetry

Measurement: square unit, area, capacity, degrees, distance, grid, radii, height, diameter, length

Polygons: polygon, pentagon, quadrilateral, hexagon, rhombus, pentagon, parallelogram, plane figure, octagon, polyhedron

Prisms: prism, base, face, solid, sphere, horizontal, parallel lines, cube, cylinder, cone

Fifth Grade Geometry

Angles: semicircle, acute angle, obtuse angle, perpendicular, degrees, congruent, right angle, straight angle, parallel lines, line

Lines: coordinates, diameter, distance, line of symmetry, intersection, side, diagonal, line segment, horizontal, vertical

Measurement: diameter, circumference, radius, horizontal, turn, translation, reflection, transformation, rotation, symmetry

Shapes: semicircle, rectangular, trapezoid, two-dimensional, tessellation, quadrilateral, symmetry, parallelogram, polygon, prism

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