Shapes and Space: Geometry and Area · Geometry
Classifying Polygons
Understanding that shapes in different categories may share attributes and that shared attributes can define a larger category.
Key Questions
- 1What specific attributes make a quadrilateral a square versus a rectangle?
- 2How can we group shapes based on their angles and side lengths?
- 3Why can a shape belong to more than one category at the same time?
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.1
Grade: 3rd Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Shapes and Space: Geometry and Area
Period: Geometry
Suggested Methodologies
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