Varieties of Quadrilaterals

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

4, 5

Overview

Bianca's friend Kim brings her a device for reaching objects while she's confined to her bed. The device is made up of collapsible parallelograms. The activity uses this episode to launch an investigation of different kinds of quadrilaterals (parallelograms, trapezoids, rectangles, squares, and rhombi) and the relationships among them.

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 4

MA19.4.28

Identify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.

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Vocabulary

  • Two-dimensional figure
  • Parallel lines
  • Perpendicular lines
  • Angle
  • Right triangle

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Two lines are parallel if they never intersect and are an equal distance apart.
  • Two lines are perpendicular if they are at right angles to each other.
  • A right triangle is a triangle that has one right angle.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines.
  • Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.
  • Identify right triangles.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • shapes are categorized based on attributes they possess in common such as angle size, side length, side relationships (parallel and perpendicular).
Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 5

MA19.5.21

Classify triangles according to side length (isosceles, equilateral, scalene) and angle measure (acute, obtuse, right, equiangular).

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Vocabulary

  • Classify
  • Polygon
  • Side measure
  • Angle measure
  • Isosceles
  • Equilateral
  • Scalene
  • Acute
  • Obtuse
  • Right
  • Equiangular

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Measurable attributes of triangles include length of side and angle measures.
  • Appropriate tools and units of measure for length of side and angle measures.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Classify triangles according to side measures and angle measures.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • triangles can be described and classified by their properties of side length, angle size, or cross-classify to include both side length and angle size.
Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 5

MA19.5.22

Classify quadrilaterals in a hierarchy based on properties.

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Vocabulary

  • Quadrilateral
  • Hierarchy
  • Two-dimensional
  • Properties
  • Attributes
  • Polygon
  • Rectangle
  • Rhombus
  • Square
  • Trapezoid
  • Parallelogram

Knowledge

Students know:
  • properties or attributes of two-dimensional shapes.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Classify quadrilaterals based on properties.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Quadrilaterals can be identified by general properties to more specific properties.
  • Properties belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category.

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

CUSTOM
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