Lines of Symmetry Capital Letters Investigation

What’s included?

x4 sheets, landscape orientation, pdf format.

What’s it for?

This resource has been designed to encourage learners to investigate the lines of symmetry for all x26 capital letters of the alphabet!

Who’s it for?

This resource has been designed for pupils in the early years, years one and two as well as older students who would benefit from investigating the concept of ‘symmetry’ and ‘symmetrical’ or students needing additional learning support.

How to use it?

The resource has been designed for learners to investigate the lines of symmetry by first cutting around each capital letter to investigate one letter at a time. It is best to begin by folding letters and cutting once learners are sure they have found a solid line of symmetry. A (safety!) mirror could be helpful as a back up to check (especially if letters have already been cut up).

Resource Details…

Learners will need a pair of scissors each to begin this activity.

• Page 1 At the top are ‘larger’ capital letters, each within a dotted box - these dots guide where to cut. Learners can cut out one of these larger letters at a time (to avoid having lots of letters in front of them at once and risk losing some). Learners will need a pair of scissors each to begin this activity.

Along the length of base side of the sheet is a set of smaller capital letters designed to be cut with two simple snips (vertically up to the red line and then horizontally) to separate these from the sheet one at a time. These are designed to be used to record findings (answers) - on page 2. The larger capital letters can go into the bin after they have been cut up, folded and investigated.

• Page 2 Learners will need a pencil to their write their name at the base of page 2 and access to a glue stick to continue their investigation using page 2.

Once learners have investigated and discovered which letters are symmetrical they can snip and stick the smaller capital letters (at the base of page 1) onto either the left or right of page 2 - depending on whether they are/are not symmetrical.

• Page 3 Clearly shows which capital letters are/are not symmetrical, this is intended to be a reference sheet for learners once they have completed their investigation.

• Page 4 Clearly shows which capital letters are/are not symmetrical, but in more detail - including where the actual lines of symmetry are.

For learners who might find the concept of symmetry difficult they can use page 4 (instead of page 1) and use the lines of symmetry included here to explore for themselves where to fold to investigate ‘symmetry’ with support.

Important message…

ANY issues with any of this resource please don’t hesitate to let us know - we are happy to make changes.