Hook your students into angle identification with the interactive and hands-on Fishing for Angles Worksheet. This versatile set of worksheets allows students to practise recognising and estimating different angle types, while offering the option to extend the activity into a creative classroom craft that reinforces key geometry skills.

In the main activity, students examine a series of angles and determine whether each is greater than, less than, or equal to a right angle. They then label the angle type—acute, right, or obtuse—and estimate its size in degrees. For students ready for a challenge, extension worksheets are included where they must draw their own angles and measure them accurately using a protractor.

This resource also includes an optional craftivity component that transforms your geometry review into a colourful classroom display. Students colour and cut out fish and corresponding angle information cards, attach them using string, and display them hanging from the ceiling—adding creativity and movement to your maths learning environment.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify angles as acute, right, or obtuse
• ✅ Determine whether angles are greater than, smaller than, or equal to 90°
• ✅ Estimate and measure angles in degrees using a protractor
• ✅ Reinforce geometry vocabulary and visual reasoning skills
• ✅ Engage in creative expression while consolidating mathematical understanding

What’s Included:

• Printable angle identification worksheets
• Extension worksheets for angle drawing and measuring
• Craftivity components including:
• Fish templates to colour and cut
• Angle information cards for matching and display

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets and fish templates
• Pencils and coloured pencils
• Scissors and glue
• String or wool for craftivity setup
• Protractors (for measuring extension tasks)
• Ceiling clips or tape to hang fish from classroom ceiling

How to Use:

1. Begin with the angle identification task—students classify, label, and estimate angles.
2. Assign extension tasks where students draw and measure angles using protractors.
3. For the craft activity, students colour and cut out fish and information cards.
4. Attach each fish to its matching angle card using string to mimic a fishing line.
5. Hang the completed projects from the classroom ceiling as a vibrant maths display.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Add to your geometry rotation as a creative learning station
• 💡 Use during your angles unit as a multi-day activity for deeper exploration
• 💡 Offer to early finishers or as part of an independent challenge pack
• 💡 Assign to small groups for a collaborative display project
• 💡 Encourage students to label each angle with reasoning or measurement evidence

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Laminate the fish and angle cards before assembling for a long-lasting display
• 💛 Use the craftivity as a showcase piece for maths open days or parent visits
• 💛 Provide sentence starters to scaffold written justifications about angle size
• 💛 Pair with manipulatives like angle finders or folding paper to explore angles physically

Fishing for Angles Worksheet is a flexible and curriculum-aligned resource that blends mathematics with creativity, giving students the opportunity to practise geometry skills while designing a vibrant and educational classroom display.

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